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WHERE ARE WE WITH BIOFUELS?

HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 2011

Just the facts

Distribution points

There are 161,768 gas stations in the

USA alone, but only 1,679 airports control

95% of the world’s passengers.

Around 10% of fuel

Total transport fuel use in 2008 was over 2 billion tonnes. Of that,

commercial aviation used 215 million tonnes of Jet A-1.

2% of emissions

Last year, aviation emitted 649 million

tonnes of CO2 from a global total of 34 billion

tonnes.

Largest operating cost

Last year, airlines spent $140 billion on jet fuel, or 30% of operating costs.

In 2003, it was 14%.

20 June 2011First biofuel flight with passengers

JALTest flight

We’ve come a long way…

20112010200920082007 2012

1 Jul 2011Approval 50% blend

HRJ use in flights

Air NZTest flight

ContinentalTest flight

KLMTest flight

TAMTest flight

InterjetTest flight

23 Feb 2008First commercial airliner test flight

Late 2009Approval 50% blend

BtL use in flights

Passenger flights are taking place

Next steps

• Continued technology development

– Feedstocks (crop-based, waste-based and algae)

– Processes (e.g. alcohol-to-jet and pyrolysis)

• Commercialisation

– Bringing biojet to parity with using conventional Jet A-1

• Sustainability

– Ensuring our supply of biofuel is truly sustainable

Global effortsSeaGreen @ Cranfield University

Flightpath for biofuels

Romania camelina value chain

Spanish Camelina value chain

Algae production trial @ MAD

Aireg / German PureSky

Solena project / British Airways

Policy projects / Research projects / Biofuels production / Value chain and production

Global efforts

Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest

Farm to Fly

Jatropha value chain project

ABRABA in Brazil

Solena project with 10 US airlines

Detroit Airport biofuel production

Plan de Vuelo in Mexico

CAAFI

Global efforts

Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Aviation Biofuels

Chinese sustainable aviation study with PetroChina

Sustainable bioenergy research centre

Global efforts

Virgin Blue initiative to develop biofuel from native eucalyptus

Sustainable Aviation Fuels Roadmap (Aust. and NZ)

Solena and Qantas BtL plant

Global effortsSustainable Aviation Fuels User

Group (SAFUG)

Governments need to help:

Support supply chain collaboration

Establish global sustainability criteria

De-risk investments

Provide incentives

Understand local opportunities

Foster research

Remaining questions……?

• How do we ensure a level playing field for aviation biofuels compared to other transport sectors?

• Can we crack the distribution challenges?• Are we on the right track with individual airlines

doing their own thing here and there?• Do we need a bigger, bolder strategy?• Do we need to engage more stakeholders?

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WHERE ARE WE WITH BIOFUELS?

HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 2011