Webinar Carbon Accounting Renewables Fuels

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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 context of the EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership.

Carbon accounting in the EU-RED

In the European Union fuel suppliers have to demonstrate that the renewable fuels they deliver to the transport market comply to the sustainability requirements set by the EU. part of consists of showing that the greenhouse gas emissions throughout the production and supply chain are below a threshold value in comparison to the fossil fuel reference. Specific calculation rules apply, how does that work?

Carbon emission reduction in the aviation and maritime sector

Both in the aviation sector and the maritime sector the awareness about the rising greenhouse gas emissions as a result of increasing air and sea travel. Currently, if the maritime and aviation sectors were countries, they would rank as 6th and 7th largest country globally, so there is a clear urgency to tackle the transition away from fossil fuels and implement measures to reduce future carbon emissions.

In the webinar the audience was informed about the details of the European calculation in the Renewable Energy Directive, about how the international organisations governing the aviation sector and the maritime sector, how involved industry players have developed carbon emission reduction plans and which global methodologies exist to calculate such reductions.

Programme

12:30 Welcome and introduction – Eric van den Heuvel, Partner at studio Gear Up, the Netherlands, and member of the EU expert team of EU-India SGAB (PDF)
12:40 GHG calculations for renewable transport fuels in the EU Renewable Energy Directive – Carlo Hamelinck, partner at studio Gear Up, the Netherlands (PDF)
13:00 Understanding GHG emission savings in the aviation sector – Matteo Prussi, Politecnico Torino, Italy (PDF)
13:20 How the international maritime sector developed an approach to GHG emission reduction – Sanna Frias Henriksen, A.P. Møller Maersk, Denmark (PDF)
13:40 Discussion on potential opportunities and barriers
14:00 End of Webinar

Analysis of SAF allowances (FEETS) – 2024-price update

February 2025, the European Commission adopted a new support mechanism on ‘SAF allowances’: used to bridge the price gap for the use of alternative fuels to accelerate the roll out of SAF.
We reviewed this mechanism in order to assess its expected impact on supporting the development of SAF market. We conclude that the policy design would require additional policy instruments to support the broader development of the SAF market.

Current POME-based biofuels in EU fall within current production potential

According to studio Gear Up’s numerical analysis, the current volume of POME-biofuels deployed in the EU are in the range of current production volumes of POME residues. We advise to keep a close look on the future volumes of POME-based biofuels, given the upper limits of production. Strengthening the information position of renewable fuels supply chains with more frequent auditing and historical data of POME-oil production are needed.

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

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 more expensive than their fossil counterpart, kerosene. In order to support the uptake of SAF, the European Commission has introduced several policy instruments.