California Legislature Passes Bill to Achieve 20% SAF Use by 2030
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) In late August, the California Legislature passed a bill to incentivize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and achieve a new goal for SAF to comprise 20 percent of aviation fuel consumed in the state by 2030.
AB 1322, first introduced by Assemblymembers Al Muratsuchi and Robert Rivas in February 2021, requires the California Air Resources Board to develop an incentives-based plan to promote the use of SAF and other alternatives to jet fuel to reduce the impact of commercial aviation on climate change.
Specifically, this bill will require CARB to develop a plan to expand SAF production capacity by identifying tools for increasing SAF infrastructure and usage, while exploring electric and hydrogen technologies.
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