In Singapore, The Business Times reported that a report developed by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials and supported by aircraft maker Boeing stated that Asia has the potential to supply 12% of the world’s demand for sustainable aviation fuel by 2050. Assuming that SAF producers in Southeast Asia do not export their fuel, it would be sufficient to meet the jet fuel demands of the region, said Robert Boyd, regional sustainability lead for Asia-Pacific at Boeing. “If today, we could click our fingers and turn the potential into SAF, it’ll meet every drop of jet fuel being used in South-east Asia today,” said Boyd. The report noted that the region has enough bio-based feedstock resources to produce 45.7 million tons of SAF by 2050. The report looked at the feedstock potential of all 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as well as Timor-Leste.
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