Having agreed a Long Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) on climate at the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in October 2022, governments now share the same goal for the decarbonisation of aviation and interest in the success of SAF.

"There was at least three times the amount of UAS on the market in 2022 than in 2021. And airlines used every drop, even at very high prices! If more was available, it would have been bought. That makes it clear that this is a supply problem and that market forces alone are insufficient to solve it. Governments, who now share the same net zero target for 2050, must implement comprehensive production incentives for FFS. It is what they did to successfully transition economies to renewable sources of electricity. And it's what aviation needs to decarbonise," said Willie Walsh, IATA Director General.

To date, more than 450 000 commercial flights have been operated with UFPS, and the growing number of airlines signing off-take agreements with producers sends a clear signal to markets that UFPS is needed in greater quantities and, so far in 2022, around 40 off-take agreements have been announced. been signed.

Incentive-based policies

Until we have commercialised options for alternative energy sources such as hydrogen, all aviation PBS supply will be derived from biofuel refineries. These refineries produce renewable biodiesel and biogas as well as UF, and their refining capacity is expected to grow by more than 400% by 2025 compared to 2022. The challenge for aviation is to secure its UFTS supply from this capacity. And to do so successfully, governments must implement incentives for the production of UFTS similar to those that already exist for biogas and biodiesel.