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Hva koster SAF i dag? Fra AIN får jeg et svar: .........our best estimate is that 100% SAF costs around $16 per gallon retail in the U.S., so even just 10% SAF can add almost 50% to the per-gallon price.

Uten å vite nøyaktig hva JetA1 koster i dag, så ser en uten videre at SAF blir voldsomt kostbart. SAF ser ut til å koste mer enn 3x prisen til Jet A1. Dersom det er riktig, vil det bli vanskelig å ta i bruk SAF med mindre man er nødt. (Red.)

ICAO Council Approves Comprehensive Set of Sustainability Criteria for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

EDF Statement of Pedro Piris-Cabezas, Director, Sustainable International Transport and Lead Senior Economist

(GLASGOW – Nov. 12, 2021) The governing Council of the UN’s aviation agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, has adopted an expanded set of sustainability criteria for sustainable aviation fuel, the ICAO Secretariat announced today at COP26. The Council’s decision will help ensure that SAF used by airlines to meet their Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation obligations mitigates the ecosystem and community risks associated with SAF production, promotes the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and provides certainty for SAF producers as they make investments in the sustainability of their supply chains and operations.

“ICAO Council’s approval of the sustainability criteria is a major milestone. For the first time, a UN body has defined a clear and robust standard for what constitutes sustainability for a mitigation action and has operationalized it with a full-fledged monitoring, reporting and third-party verification system including a high level of assurance. The adoption of the full set of criteria makes CORSIA’s the most comprehensive SAF Framework adopted to date.

“The decision to adopt the full set of sustainability criteria sends a clear signal to countries embarking in SAF policy: support for SAF must include robust environmental safeguards. ICAO Council Members seized the opportunity to set forward-looking sustainability safeguards that will help put aviation on a flightpath to net-zero by 2050. Now, the same countries must take action to jump-start high-integrity SAF by shaping their national policies accordingly.”

Pedro Piris-Cabezas, Director of Sustainable International Transport and Lead Senior Economist, Environmental Defense Fund, says.

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Dallas Airport Demonstrates SAF ‘Circular Economy’

In a demonstration of how a “circular economy” could work for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW), SAF producer Neste, and fuel distributor Avfuel collaborated to see the Texas airport receive its first load of SAF this week.

Neste subsidiary Mahoney Environmental has been collecting waste cooking oil from the airport’s concessionaires for the past two years as part of Neste’s global feedstock pool to produce SAF. To complete the circle, Avfuel delivered an 8,000-gallon load of blended SAF to airport-operated FBO DFW Corporate Aviation. The volume represents a 19-tonne lifecycle carbon emissions savings over conventional jet fuel, and in its neat form SAF can provide up to an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over its lifecycle.

DFW, Avfuel, and Neste will continue to explore opportunities to bring more SAF to the airport, the second busiest in the world, including use by airlines and cargo operators.

“The introduction of SAF to DFW Airport marks a major milestone in our effort to reduce our sector’s overall carbon footprint,” said Robert Horton, the airport’s v-p of environmental affairs. “We recognize our future success depends on our ability to protect our natural resources, and we are committed to continuing to serve as an industry leader in sustainable practices."

Gulfstream Signs WEF Statement To Boost SAF Use, Supply

Gulfstream Aerospace has signed the World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow 2030 Ambition Statement, building on the company’s commitment to sustainability. The move makes it the first business aircraft manufacturer to sign the statement, which seeks to increase use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which offers lower lifecycle carbon emissions, and boost SAF supply to meet 10 percent of global jet fuel needs by 2030.

“The Clean Skies for Tomorrow 2030 Ambition Statement is a call to action to grow the supply and use of SAF. We are committed to continuing to use and promote SAF…and hope that our signing and focus on this ambitious goal will be the first of many more manufacturers to follow,” said Gulfstream president Mark Burns.

Since 2016, Gulfstream has purchased more than 1.4 million gallons of SAF and flown more than 1.5 million nautical miles on SAF. In July, Gulfstream became the first company to earn the National Aeronautic Association's Sustainable Wings certification, which recognizes speed records set using SAF.

However, Gulfstream’s focus on sustainability expands beyond SAF and includes modernization of manufacturing and servicing facilities. The Savannah, Georgia-based aircraft manufacturer is focusing its sustainability efforts in three priority areas: energy and emissions; operations and culture; and learning.