New SAF Pathways, Feedstocks Needed, Air BP Says

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May 20, 2022

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by Angus Batey (Aviation Week) … So at the first post-COVID EBACE, conversations around sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are moving from explanation and education to adoption and promotion. The change will be felt across the sector, and that includes fuel providers themselves. “Early in 2020, BP made a big change in its strategy with a much stronger focus on sustainability, and that’s when we put our net-zero-by-2050 target out there,” says Laura Bowden, Air BP’s global marketing manager. “We’ve been carbon-neutral in our operations since 2016, so I think the real focus now is on helping our customers get to net zero.”

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“It’s both things that are being done for today, and things we’re doing to make sure that, in 10 or 15 years’ time, we’ve got the supply available as we ramp up,” she says.

One is finding new pathways for production of SAF.

Bowden highlights Air BP’s collaboration with UK-based chemicals company Johnson Matthey to turn CO2 generated from sources, such as municipal waste into long-chain hydrocarbons suitable for production of SAF. But, she says, a far greater number of production options need to be explored. One area under investigation is known as co-processing.

“That’s using existing refineries where we process sustainable feedstocks alongside traditional fossil jet fuels,” she says. “In March, our Lingen refinery produced the first co-processed SAF – where SAF comes out almost pre-blended, mixing fossil feedstocks and renewable feedstocks. Currently, it’s limited to 5% sustainable feedstock, but we’re working to move that limit up to 30%, which will again increase the supply of SAF that we can get out.”

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“We often have customers saying, ‘When will it be in airport A?’, or, ‘When will it be in airport B?’ And it’s almost about changing that mentality,” Bowden says. “Yes, we can supply physical product, but there’s also mass-balance options or book-and-claim options as well.” READ MORE

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