In New Jersey, AINonline reported that Safran’s CEO Olivier Andriès has warned the European Commission that Europe might fall behind the U.S. if it does not increase its incentives for airlines to use sustainable aviation fuel and for the oil industry to advance in terms of SAF production. “SAF is going to be the major lever in the carbon-emissions reduction. [But] we as an industry, we have to say that the European Commission is too shy. Because if we stick to a target of a 6% incorporation of SAF in 2030, we will be outpaced as a continent by the U.S. Under the Biden administration, there is a strong momentum on the decarbonization of aviation. Especially on SAF there is the goal to go much faster and have at least a 10% incorporation of SAF by 2030,” the executive said. “We have to be mindful that there is a race,” he added. “We have to be careful not to be outpaced.” Andries also stressed that from a technology point of view, the OEMs’ current engines will accommodate close to 100% SAF and the next generation of engines will all be capable of running on 100% SAF.
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