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SAF allowances may not be the best instrument to ramp up SAF production

By Kieran Green / 10/04/2025 / Aviation sector, Biofuels, E-fuels, Energy transition, EU, EU-ETS, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, SAF, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

European Commission introduced new support mechanism for the ramping up of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) deployment Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) are renewable fuels that replace fossil based kerosine in aircrafts and are seen as an important option to mitigate climate emissions in the aviation sector. Generally, these alternative fuels are […]

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Webinar Carbon Accounting Renewables Fuels

By Eric van den Heuvel / 19/08/2024 / Aviation sector, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, Climate change, E-fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, Low carbon fuels, Maritime, Publications, RED, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Transport sector

PDF’s of presentation are available now Please see the links in the programme section below for downloads of the PDF’s. EU-India SAGB Webinar The Carbon Accounting Renewable Fuels webinar took place on 28 August 2024 and was organised by the EU-India Stakeholder Group on Advanced Biofuels (EU-India SGAB) in the

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Perspective on SAF and Biomethane in Europe

By Eric van den Heuvel / 30/06/2024 / Aviation sector, Bio-based economy, Biofuels, Climate change, Maritime, Market Development, Methane, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Strategy analysis, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Transport sector, Workshop

Prior to the 2024 European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (June 2024, Marseille) a tripartite meeting between EU, India and China delegations from research bodies, industrial companies and policy makers was organised to exchange how in the three regions the perspectives for biomethane and for sustainable aviation fuels could be enhanced.

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Compliance risk for obligated parties due to lack of (planned) eSAF production volumes

By Eric van den Heuvel / 17/07/2023 / Analysis, Aviation sector, E-fuels, EU, Publications, Renewable fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

ReFuelEU Aviation has set first mandates for the blending of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF, and eSAF when produced from renewable electricity). Some production plants are already in operation and many more have been announced. From 2030 onwards production volumes, in particular for eSAF, need to ramp up following the set

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Higher ambitions, but potentially more fossil

By Eric van den Heuvel / 07/06/2023 / Analysis, Aviation sector, Biofuels, Carbon Footprint, Climate change, E-fuels, EU, Greenhouse gas emissions, Low carbon fuels, Netherlands, Policy, Publications, Renewable fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

The unintended impacts of the inclusion of hydrogen to contribute to the SAF-mandates in the ReFuelEU Aviation preliminary agreement of May 2023 On May 2, 2023, the European Council, Commission and Parliament reached a preliminary agreement on making the aviation sector in Europe more sustainable. This agreement, called ReFuelEU Aviation,

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Understanding Fit-for-55

By Eric van den Heuvel / 24/03/2023 / Aviation sector, Bio-based, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Circular economy, Climate change, Electric mobility, Energy policy, EU, Low carbon fuels, Policy, Projects, Road transport sector, Shipping sector, Transport sector

For: Various Netherlands companies active in transport fuels market [July 2021 – date] Summer 2021, the European Commission published the Green Deal Fit for 55 package: a legislative package full of proposals for new Directives and Regulations that collectively should lead to 55% lower greenhouse gas emissions in europe, compared

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EU-India Stakeholder Group on Advanced biofuels

By Eric van den Heuvel / 13/02/2023 / Aviation sector, Bio-based, Biofuels, Carbon Footprint, Circular economy, Climate change, Energy policy, EU, Greenhouse gas emissions, Heavy Duty vehicles, India, Market Development, Passenger cars, Projects, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Transport sector

Under the auspices of the EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership, a project funded by the European Union [February 2023 – December 2024] Eric van den Heuvel will participate as an individual expert in the Stakeholder Group on Advanced Biofuels (SGAB). The stakeholder group has been established on 8 February

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Groeiende behoefte aan hernieuwbare waterstof voor luchtvaartbrandstoffen in Nederland

By Mark Bunse / 18/01/2023 / Aviation sector, Bio-based, Biofuels, E-fuels, Hydrogen, Netherlands, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Scenario, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

In opdracht van het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat heeft studio Gear Up een onderzoek uitgevoerd naar de waterstofbehoefte van de Nederlandse luchtvaartsector richting 2030 en 2050. Waterstof is nodig voor de productie van duurzame, biogene luchtvaartbrandstof (SAF) en e-SAF (op basis van waterstof, uit elektrolyse van hernieuwbare elektriciteit, en

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Workshop over kosteneffectieve invulling RED3-doelen

By Eric van den Heuvel / 31/12/2022 / Analysis, Aviation sector, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Climate change, E-fuels, Electric mobility, Netherlands, Policy, Projects, RED, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Workshop

Voor: RVO / Platform Hernieuwbare Brandstoffen [november – december 2022] Het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat is in voorbereiding voor de imnplementatie van RED3. Bij de opzet van het systeem wordt overwogen om sectorspecifieke verplichtingen in te stellen voor wegverkeer, zeevaart en lichtvaart en daarboven op ook een ‘sector-vrije’ verplichting.

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Demand for hydrogen in aviation fuels in the Netherlands

By Eric van den Heuvel / 30/09/2022 / Aviation sector, Bio-based, Biofuels, E-fuels, Market Development, Netherlands, Projects, Renewable fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

For: Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Department of Aviation [September – December 2022] July 2021 the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation that would set mandatory targets for the deployment of renewable fuels in the European transport sector, known as ‘ReFuelEU Aviation’. Aimed to be implemented

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