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Initiative Towards sustAinableKerosene for Aviation

Research and Demonstration for SAFInmaculada Gomez (SENASA) – Brussels 12th November 2018

Impact on the SAF deployment

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Partners

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ü demonstrate the readiness of

SPK large-scale production & use

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Impact

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Feedstock

4 camelina plantations in Spain + 1 in Romania • Selected and new camelina varieties

adapted for Europe and with increased oil content

• Optimized camelina growing protocols

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Impact

Engine and fuel systems testingü 18 flights AMS-AUA-BON [A330-200]: no

detrimental effects on operation, similar or slightly better fuel consumption

ü APU tests for pollutant emissions: reduction in fuel flow, significant (¯50%) reduction PM, small reduction in CO. No change in NOx or UHC.

ü 80 flights OSL-AMS [E190] with biojet~50/50, no significant differences

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Impact

Logisticsü 1st worldwide use of conventional airport fuel systems (tanks, pipelines, hydrants)

[OSL 2016] à it mobilized funds from airlines and airports

ü ETS (from OSL to Germany) and RED (Schiphol/NL)

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Impact

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Sustainability

• GHG savings estimated to achieve 60%, RSB certification for the CCE camelina oil plantations

• Low ILUC risk assessment framework: fallow land rotation, no demand of additional land or substitution of crops

• Several sustainability checks

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Effects of the support and R&D funding

• This consortium would have never existed

– It created critical mass for further research projects: BIO4A, FlexJET and further

• The produced fuel helped other projects to have available SAF samples

– DLR, JETSCREEN…

• It provided key information for policy making and sector strategy about feedstock, sustainability, infrastructure limitations, regulations limitations (i.e. RED, ETS, CORSIA, RFS2)

– Data still being used at Flightpath, Spain policy makers, ICAO AFTF, ICAO MTG…

• It mobilized additional funds (airlines, airports, municipalities)

• EU at the forefront of the SAF development

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 308807

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 308807