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Interview

“There is an Increase in

SAF Production Globally, but

We Still Have a Long Way to Go”

The recent opening of its expanded Singapore refinery saw this by ramping-up our SAF production
Neste’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capability capability.
increase ten-fold, from 100,000 tons per annum in 2022 to 1
million tons per annum. Also, corporates can play a role in accelerat-
ing SAF use by purchasing SAF to reduce the
With ongoing investments to its Rotterdam, The Netherlands emissions from their business travel. Neste
refinery, the world’s leading producer of SAF will increase its is, for example, raising awareness in that
production capability to 1.5 million tons per annum in the begin- segment through advertising campaigns at
ning of 2024 and 2.2 million tons by 2026, says Jonathan Wood, major international airports, like Los Angeles,
Vice President Commercial and Technical Management at the Singapore Changi and Amsterdam Schiphol.
Renewable Aviation business unit at Neste, in an interview with
Arun Sivasankaran.
Q There was a 200 percent increase in SAF
production in 2022, compared to the pro-
Q In 2019, SAF accounted for just 0.1 percent of all jet fuel duction of 100 million liters in 2021. But it
used worldwide. How much have things changed since then? still wasn’t enough to meet demand. When
do you see supply meeting demand?
IATA estimates that in 2022, about 300 million liters of SAF was
produced. This includes Neste’s SAF production As mentioned above, this is an increase in
capacity of 125 million liters (100,000 tons) per production, but the reality is that we still
annum. This is an increase in production, but have a long way to go and we need
the reality is that we still have a long way the whole industry, including
to go, and we need the whole industry, airlines, airports, OEMs, fuel
including airlines, airports, OEMs, fuel producers and governments,
producers and governments, to accel- to accelerate SAF production.
erate SAF production. It is difficult to look into the
future, but we see encour-
aging developments across
Q What is Neste doing to popular- the globe with production
ize the use of SAF among airlines? ramp-up, policy support and
airlines and corporates using
Neste has been supplying SAF to more SAF to reduce their emissions.
than 50 airlines and is continuing to
increase awareness and availability of Jonathan Wood
SAF and its potential to reduce carbon
emissions. It is a positive development Vice President Commercial and
that more and more airlines are start- Technical Management at the
ing to use SAF or even integrate Renewable Aviation business
SAF into their sustainability unit at Neste.
commitments, for exam-
ple committing to 10
percent SAF usage
by 2030. Neste
is supporting

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