MEPs in Strasbourg gave their support to higher SAF targets and expanded the list of feedstocks from which SAF can be produced. [Lacosteman / Shutterstock.com]
The European Parliament approved draft EU rules Thursday (7 July) to greatly increase the amount of green jet fuel used in the aviation sector, a move lawmakers say will help to slash flying’s carbon footprint.Under plans tabled by the European Commission in July 2021, aircrafts refuelling at EU airports would be obliged to uplift kerosene mixed with less polluting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The percentage of SAF in the mix would increase at roughly five-year intervals.
Lawmakers in Strasbourg gave their support to higher SAF targets than those proposed by the European Commission and expanded the list of feedstocks from which SAF can be produced.
Under the Parliament’s position, aviation fuel must include 2% SAF from 2025, rising to 85% by 2050 – a significant increase from the Commission’s original proposal of 63% SAF by 2050.
The Parliament also pushed up sub-targets for synthetic fuels to 50% of all jet fuel by 2050.
The proposed rules aren’t final yet. To become law, they have to be agreed by negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states during so-called trialogue talks due to start in September.
Søren Gade, the Danish lawmaker responsible for directing the file through Parliament, hailed the result as a “strong and ambitious signal to the citizens of Europe”.
“We heard you when you called for climate action, and we are working as much as we can to achieve a truly green Europe,” he said. Euractiv - link - Sean Goulding Carroll - link - more like this (SAF) - link
Hearing not quite so good when it comes to promoting/necessitating Ghost Flights - link - and the fact that natural gas is not a Green fuel - link - c'est la vie
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