WEBINAR Series: Sustainable Aviation Fuels Initiative-UAE --- August-October 2020
Background discussions pertinent to the potential establishment of a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative in the UAE. -- Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiatives Around the World --- August 18, 2020; Global Lessons on SAF --- August 25, 2020; The Role of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Development of SAF --- September 1, 2020; Regional Constraints and Opportunities for the Production of SAF --- September 8, 2020; Best Practices and Crossover Points for SAFI-UAE --- September 15, 2020; Stakeholder Engagement for SAFI-UAE --- September 30, 2020
Session 3
Title: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiatives Around the World
Date/Time: 18 August 2020, 5:30pm – 6:45pm UAE Time
Format – moderated panel session
- Moderator
- Alejandro Rios-Galvan (Director – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
- Panelists
- Steve Csonka (Executive Director – Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI), USA)
- Kateryna Derkach (Director Strategy and Sustainability, Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN), Canada)
- Pedro Scorza (Director de Biocombustíveis de Aviação na Ubrabio, Brazil)
- Session attendees will come away with insights into:
- An understanding of the different initiatives that have been launched around the world to promote SAFs
- Managing a SAF initiative and governance structure
- Stakeholder engagement process for SAF initiatives
- Best practices for initiatives working on SAF
Session 4
Title: Global Lessons on SAF
Date/Time: 25 August 2020, 5:30pm – 7pm UAE Time
Format – moderated panel session
- Session attendees will come away with insights into:
- The efforts worldwide for promoting SAFs from different perspectives
- The view from an airline
- The view from an OEM
- The view from a distributor of SAF
- The view from a promoter
- What has worked? What hasn’t?
- What is needed to get to the long-term goal?
- Recommendations from the industry to realize SAFs
Session 5
Title: The Role of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Development of SAF
Date/Time: 1 September 2020, 3pm – 4:15pm UAE Time
Format – moderated panel session
- Session attendees will come away with insights into:
- The initiatives that are being undertaken by the oil and gas (O&G) majors around the world to produce SAF and reduce aviation’s carbon footprint
- What are the key technologies that are used in the oil and gas industry to produce SAF
- CCUS
- Hydrogen production
- Hydrotreatment
- What is the role of the O&G industry moving forward in the production of SAF
Session 6
Title: Regional Constraints and Opportunities for the Production of SAF
Date/Time: 8 September 2020, 3pm – 4pm UAE Time
Format – moderated panel session
- Session attendees will come away with insights into:
- The constraints and opportunities that are available in this region of the world
- No biomass at scale
- Large energy infrastructure investments
- Low-cost low-carbon energy sources
- The strategic role of the aviation industry for the UAE
- The importance of Low Carbon Aviation Fuels (LCAF) in the energy portfolio for the aviation industry
- How can policy help in the development of SAF for this region?
Session 7
Title: Best Practices and Crossover Points for SAFI-UAE
Date/Time: 15 September 2020, 10am – 11:30am UAE Time
Format – moderated panel session
- Session attendees will come away with insights into:
- Technology: several technological pathways have been established to produce SAF and a discussion will be held on the ones that are most applicable in the UAE and how they can be implemented
- Policy: a number of policy options are available for the deployment of SAF and the ones most applicable to the UAE will be discussed
- Sustainability: all aspects of sustainability (environmental, economic, social) need to be considered, and an exploration of the certification schemes that will be available to ensure compliance with CORSIA will be done, together with a discussion on optimizing carbon management
- R&D: there are several research tracks that could benefit the development of SAF in the UAE, and this will be explored
- Business Development: a discussion of how to “connect the dots” so that projects to produce SAF can be integrated across industrial sectors, working to secure the necessary financing and stakeholder involvement will be discussed
- The views from the different strategic sectors of the UAE for producing SAF
- What are possible objectives and pathways for developing the SAF industry in the UAE?
- The importance and strengths of the UAE to become a world leader in the production of SAF
Session 8
Title: Stakeholder Engagement for SAFI-UAE
Date/Time: TBD
Format – in-person stakeholder engagement session at KU
- Moderator
- Alejandro Rios-Galvan (Director – Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
- Participants
- Aircraft operators: Etihad Airways, Emirates, Fly Dubai, Air Arabia
- Airports: Abu Dhabi Airports Company, Dubai Airports, Sharjah International Airport
- Aircraft manufacturers: The Boeing Company, Airbus
- Engine manufacturers: Rolls-Royce, GE, CFM, Safran
- Oil & Gas
- Producers: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Emirates National Oil Company, Saudi ARAMCO, BP, Shell, Oxy, ExxonMobil, Total, ENI
- Technology providers: UOP-Honeywell, Axens
- Support industries
- Energy: Masdar, Siemens, Marubeni, Lanzatech, AVL
- Government
- Federal: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Ministry of Energy and Industry, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Economy, General Civil Aviation Authority
- State/Local: Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Department of Energy, Department of Municipalities and Transport
- Companies: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, Abu Dhabi Power Corporation, Emirates Water and Electricity Company, Tadweer
- Academia
- Universities: Khalifa University of Science and Technology, NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates University, American University of Sharjah
- International Organizations
- Aviation: International Civil Aviation Organization, International Air Transport Association, Airports Council International
- Non-Governmental Organizations: Emirates Nature WWF
- Energy: International Renewable Energy Agency
- Finance
- Banks: HSBC, First Abu Dhabi Bank, etc.
- Others: Abu Dhabi Global Markets, Mubadala
- SAF Producers
- Projects: Fulcrum Bioenergy, Velocys, Neste Oil, World Energy, Lanzatech
- The session will focus on communicating the following objectives:
- Establish SAFI-UAE and define the work program
- Engage and recruit all the necessary stakeholders to participate in SAFI
- Work on defining the best pathways to focus on for establishing pilot/demonstration projects for at least 3 of the feedstock/conversion pathways
The purpose of SAFI-UAE will be to underpin the creation of the SAF industry in the UAE. It will reinforce the overall objective of creating a knowledge-based economy and confirm the UAE’s position as a world leader in the energy and aviation sectors by creating viable business models for the production of SAF. READ MORE
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