The Singapore Airways (SIA) Group has signed an settlement with Neste to buy 1,000 tonnes of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gasoline. It will make SIA and Scoot, the 2 airways within the Group, the primary carriers to obtain Sustainable Aviation Gasoline (SAF), produced at Neste’s refinery within the nation, at Singapore Changi Airport.
Neste will mix the SAF with standard jet gas in keeping with the required security specs, and ship the blended jet gas to Changi Airport’s gas hydrant system in two batches – as soon as within the second quarter of 2024 and as soon as within the fourth quarter of this 12 months.
This milestone can even mark the primary direct provide of Neste’s SAF to airways at Changi Airport, reinforcing their end-to-end SAF provide chain capabilities in Singapore. This follows the completion of the growth of Neste’s Singapore refinery in Might 2023. The refinery has the capability to provide one million tonnes of SAF annually, making it the world’s largest SAF manufacturing facility.
Neste’s SAF, which is made out of 100% renewable waste and residue uncooked supplies, reduces greenhouse fuel emissions by as much as 80% over the gas’s life cycle.
Blended with standard jet gas, it seamlessly integrates with current plane engines and fuelling infrastructure.
Alexander Kueper, Vice President Renewable Aviation, Neste, stated: “We’re proud that Singapore Airways and Scoot are our first clients benefiting from our built-in provide capabilities into Changi Airport. This provide of regionally produced SAF to Changi Airport is a milestone in our journey of supporting the aviation trade and governments within the area to attain their emissions discount targets. Singapore is a number one aviation hub within the Asia-Pacific area and this supply of SAF, in addition to the not too long ago introduced nationwide SAF goal, will hopefully encourage the broader adoption of SAF throughout the broader Asia-Pacific area. We’re wanting ahead to increasing our cooperation with Singapore Airways in addition to supplying visiting carriers at Changi Airport.”
Lee Wen Fen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Singapore Airways, stated: “This settlement with Neste is a crucial milestone within the SIA Group’s journey to have a minimal of 5% sustainable aviation gas in our whole gas uplift by 2030. Shut collaboration with our companions and stakeholders, each in Singapore and globally, performs a important position in our long-term decarbonisation targets. A extra sustainable aviation trade will be certain that future generations proceed to learn from the worldwide connectivity, financial prosperity, and other people hyperlinks that air journey fosters.”
Ranging from Might 2024, SIA will supply 1,000 SAF Ebook & Declare Models (BCUs) for buy by its company travellers, shippers, and freight forwarders. Every BCU represents one tonne of neat SAF with its related carbon dioxide discount profit. Buying SAF BCUs permits company travellers, shippers, and freight forwarders to say the related environmental advantages for flights associated to their enterprise journey and operations, validating the demand for SAF BCUs and supporting the event of the nascent SAF trade. The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Ebook & Declare system, a trusted trade commonplace, ensures the traceability and credibility of those transactions.
