In this interview, Clarence Woo, the Managing Director of the Global Centre for Green Fuels shares his perspectives on how APAC can accelerate the global supply of SAF, and the roles of global and regional policy, and public support, in that acceleration.

In this interview Shutong Liu, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MotionEco Green Fuels shares his insight into the unique feedstock opportunities in APAC, and what will be the biggest drivers in scaling up SAF production in the region.

Produced in conjunction with SimpliFlying, this report examines the current state of SAF development in APAC, highlighting key initiatives, challenges, and opportunities.

In this interview, Joachim Majholm, the Founder of Blue Lines, and an expert on contrails, shares his insights on contrails: what are they, what is their impact, and how easily can they be managed? It turns out, potentially quite easily!

Graham Noyes, the Executive Director of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition, and an expert in state-level SAF policy, California in particular, shares his views on how SAF fits into the U.S. political agenda, and the importance of credit stacking to create ‘SAF hubs’.

In this interview, David Kaplan, an expert in the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors, shares his insights on the key roles SAF, political support, and more nascent technologies will have on driving towards aviation decarbonization by 2050.

In this interview, Andre de Fontaine, an expert in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and Alex Coulombe, who is experienced in environmental commodities trading across voluntary and compliance markets globally, share their perspectives on the importance policy and private sector support, and of holistic innovation for decarbonizing.

In this interview, Paul Zissermann, a sustainability and environmental expert who has introduced emission reduction initiatives worldwide, shares his views on how the current and potential future political landscape impacts SAF production and scaling, and the challenges with reaching net-zero.

Leading aviation markets around the globe have launched SAF initiatives over the past few years. The range of incentives includes tax credits, GHG reduction incentives, and volume obligations. Optimizing the life cycle analysis (LCA) frameworks of these global SAF initiatives will be key to unlocking profitable growth for companies throughout the sector’s value chain.

In the Refueling Aviation in the United States report, RMI explores the federal and state policy landscape, policy gaps, recommendations, and the path forward for SAF Target opportunity regions — select regions that have a competitive edge when it comes to producing and deploying SAF.

In this interview Susan Van Dyk, an expert in the field of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and biofuels and the trainer for our SAF Feedstock Course: Availability, Supply Chain & Sustainability, shares her insight on the differences in global feedstock availability and exciting new feedstocks currently being researched.

In this interview Laura Wood, a natural resource and sustainability policy expert, and speaker at the upcoming Sustainable Aviation Futures North America Congress, shares her insight on how SAF and agriculture are linked, sustainability practices utilized by farmers, and what needs to happen with policy to support agriculture in scaling SAF.

The Sustainable Aviation Futures Congress focused on developing a SAF scale-up action plan, from understanding what drives sustainability strategy and decision-making, to comparing and contrasting the carrot vs. stick approaches of Europe and the USA. Lukas Ambraziejus, Utrecht University, a volunteer at the congress, shares his key insights and takeaways from the two main conference days.

While the challenges and opportunities for scaling SAF were the key focus of this years Congress, it is important not to overlook the technologies in development which can help drive towards a more sustainable industry. In this article, Mario Vesco, Sustainable Aero Lab, reflects on his key takeaways as host for the Future Flight stream.