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1Sustainable Fuels for Aviation in Europe - Brussels, 27 Nov 2019

A Balanced Compromise for Sustainable Aviation Fuels

supply scale-up

Alfredo Iglesias Sastre - Head of AESA Enviornmental Unit

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A Balanced Compromise for SAF supply

Sustainable Fuels for Aviation in Europe - Brussels, 27 Nov 2019

Social environmental pressure is driving aviation environmental regulatory proposals to reduce air travel demand

CURRENTEU CONTEXT

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• Aviation sector has no alternative: It is time to be MORE ambitious to

respond to social demand.

• Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) with strong sustainability safeguards

offers the most CREDIBLE solution for the public to achieve industry

“aspirational” targets.

• The introduction of SAF NEEDS TO MATCH supply & demand.

SAF is a credible solution

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• In February 2019 Spain presented -jointly with France- a paper in ICAO

proposing the “Balanced Compromise” concept, as a mean to establish

national supply objectives to be defined through a dialogue between the

regulator and the industry.

• Those objectives should have been showed feasible from supply side and

economically acceptable from the user side.

CURRENT SPANISH REGULATORY PROPOSAL

Establish a national supply of SAF in 2025 under the EU RED II .

Initial objective for the case of Spain: 2% of total supply

THE BALANCED COMPROMISE

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THE BALANCED COMPROMISE IN SPAIN

Incorporating 2 % SAF in 2025 is a

feasible and reasonable objective

Two regulatory proposals undergoing:

Climate Change Law

Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)

RED II implementation in Spain shall include SAF supply objectives

Public Consultations had no reactions against this measure

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Quantification of such objective:

Approximately 150.000 Tons of SAF supply in 2025

Expected to develop national supply capacity by then

Several technology options are under consideration by different industry stakeholders:

Co-processing, HEFA, Fischer-Tropsch, and ATJ.

THE BALANCED COMPROMISE IN SPAIN

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Sustainable Fuels for Aviation in Europe - Brussels, 27 Nov 2019 7IATA Sustainable Aviation Fuels Symposium, New Orleans 14-15 Nov 2019

REBIOLUTION PROPOSAL

• The ambition of REBIOLUTION was to facilitate innovative ways to increase production capacity and market uptake of advanced sustainable aviation fuels in the EU, boosting production capacity in Europe.

• The proposal put also focus in exploring crop rotation and use of marginal lands with a focus on Mediterranean countries.

In December 2018 an H2020 Project Proposal

was presented: ReBiolution

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ARTEMISA PROJECT

• Identify available conversion technologies

• Perform a costs analysis and identify requirements of the facilities

• Identify potential investors

• Establish a development roadmap with milestones and needs

• Identify and contact the responsible administrations (Municipalities and public administrations with responsibilities in waste management)

Analyze the viability and establish a plan for SAF produced from Municipal Solid Waste :

Looking at potential of F-T bio-crude + co-processing conversion

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CO-PROCESSING LCA CHALLENGE

• Co-processing offers a promising pathway but still a GHG life-cycle assessment methodology has not been approved in Europe.

• Aviation partners would not invest in a co-processing option that splits the biomass CO2 reductions among all refinery outputs

• But a free attribution of CO2 savings to a final product would boost SAF

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• Widely recognized Sustainability Schemes such as RSB or ISCC already consider the possibility of a “free attribution” of the sustainable share (GHG emissions reductions) to one output material.

PLUS

CO-PROCESSING LCA CHALLENGE

• This LCA approach would significantly increase SAF capacity in the short-term

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THANK YOU

Alfredo Iglesias Sastre - Head of AESA Enviornmental Unit

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