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AMERICAN plane maker boeing is buying 9.4 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for US operations, the company has announced.
This is the company’s largest annual SAF purchase, more than 60 per cent higher than its buy in 2023.
Boeing agreed to purchase 9.4 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support its 2024 US commercial operations, its largest annual purchase as the company works to help grow the supply of the fuel globally.
The blended fuel – 30 per cent SAF made from waste by-products such as fats, oils, and greases and 70 per cent conventional jet fuel – will support the Boeing ecoDemonstrator programme and its commercial operational flights.
‘As our focus remains on safety and quality, sustainability continues to be a priority,’ said vice president Ryan Faucett.
‘Sustainable aviation fuel is essential to decarbonize aviation. About 20 per cent of our fuel usage is a SAF blend, and we continue to increase our use of this fuel to encourage growth in the SAF industry. We are also working to make SAF more available and affordable to our commercial airline customers through collaboration, investment, research and policy development.’
Unblended, or ‘neat’ SAF, can reduce carbon emissions up to 85 per cent over the fuel’s life cycle and offers the commercial aviation industry’s greatest potential to reduce its climate impact over the next 30 years.
Boeing will receive four million gallons of the blended SAF into its fuel farms in the Pacific Northwest. EPIC Fuels, a Signature Aviation company, will supply 2.5 million gallons from Neste, and Avfuel will provide 1.5 million gallons of blended SAF from Neste.
Boeing will also purchase the CO2 emissions reduction associated with 5.4 million gallons of blended SAF through an accounting process called book-and-claim.
Book-and-claim is when a company purchases SAF certificates to displace conventional jet fuel. Instead of putting the fuel into a Boeing fuel farm, distributors will deliver it to nearby airports for use by airlines and other carriers.
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