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Road to sustainable aviation fuels

Road to sustainable aviation fuels

Thijs KomenDirector Innovation

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Cleantech forum Amsterdam, 09 may 2011

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Airfrance KLM: Dow Jones sustainability leader

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Plaatje single european sky

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KLM’s climate action plan

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Creating shared value: competitive advantage and social interest

Fuel diversity

Careful with resources !

Co2 reduction

Inspired on M. Porter

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Biofuels is all about re-cycling CO2

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• up to 80% CO2 reduction across life cycle• KLM's biofuel conditions: drop-in, sustainable, affordable

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Over time a scala of measures will have to close the gap between the price of fossil and bio

Schematic break down and reduction potential of bio-kerosene price (€/ton)

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Well-to-Wing project

Premium to be paid

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Cost innovation curve in biomass and refining

Towards biokerosene mandate for compulsory blending or voluntary quota?

Market price of fossil fuel

No future volatility of prices taken into account for simplifying reasons

ETSCost of fossil fuel

Cost of biofuel

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KLM’s threefold biofuel approach

• Member of the SAFUG

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group was formed in 2008 with support from the world’s leading environmental organziations such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels (RSB).

• IATA, ATAG, AEA

1 Industry push 2 Legislative framework 3 Venture initiative

Subsidies(NL, EU, U.S.)

Legislation(NL, EU)

‘Level playing field’

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SkyNRG

• JV of KLM, NSG, Spring

• Make the market

• Sustainability board

• Global sourcing

• ‘Well to wing’ approach

AMSTELVEEN, 23 November 2009 – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today operated the first ever passenger flight powered by sustainable jet fuel. To give an extra impulse to sustainable air transport, KLM today also joined hands with North Sea Petroleum and Spring Associates to establish the SkyNRG consortium.

Our demo flight was used as a launch platform

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Thank you.