May. 03 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Lord Davies of Gower to Lords regarding questions raised during the debate on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024: impact assessment, support provided to RCF (recycled carbon fuels) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plants, RCFs and non-aviation applications, control of eligible feedstocks, financial incentives in the legislation. 2p.Found: Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024: impact assessment, support provided to RCF (recycled carbon fuels) Sustainable
Aug. 14 2024
Source Page: Royal Air Force missions fuelled sustainablyFound: The Royal Air Force is ensuring Britain is secure while using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on routine
Aug. 27 2024
Source Page: Medical drone delivery trials revolutionising the skies in ScotlandFound: expected to reiterate the Department for Transport’s continued support to work with industry on developing sustainable
Mentions:
1: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) I beg to move,That the draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (Con - Mid Buckinghamshire) zero strategy, which supported the growth of sustainable aviation fuel in our United Kingdom. - Speech Link
3: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) He is right that there are too many anagrams in the field of sustainable aviation fuel. - Speech Link
Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: The future of flight takes off as Virgin airliner crosses Atlantic solely powered by sustainable aviation fuelFound: The future of flight takes off as Virgin airliner crosses Atlantic solely powered by sustainable aviation
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the transition to sustainable aviation fuels.
Answered by Anthony Browne
We are supporting the transition to sustainable aviation fuels by taking action to build supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and secure demand.
The SAF Mandate will secure demand for SAF, by obligating the supply of SAF in the overall UK aviation fuel mix. The Mandate will require 2% of UK jet fuel to be made from sustainable sources in 2025, 10% in 2030 and 22% in 2040. It will incentivise SAF supply through the award of tradeable certificates with a cash value.
We are kickstarting a UK SAF industry by allocation £135m through our Advanced Fuels Fund, which is funding thirteen projects to reach completion and supporting our ambition to see five plants under construction in the UK by 2025. We are currently consulting on the introduction of a revenue certainty mechanism, which will help de-risk SAF projects in the UK by addressing barriers to investment in a nascent market.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to use sustainable aviation fuel for official (a) domestic and (b) overseas flights.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Transport set out to the House on 22 July 2024 our plans to support the development, production, and use of sustainable aviation fuel which the Government already uses where possible.
Aug. 15 2024
Source Page: Correspondence regarding Heathrow Airport: FOI releaseFound: • HIAL is jointly leading on the Orkney -based Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) project
Asked by: Rennie, Willie (Scottish Liberal Democrats - North East Fife)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the assertion in the Transport Scotland paper, Aviation Statement and Key Priorities, that it expects to follow a similar CO2 emissions reduction trajectory to that set out in the UK Government’s Jet Zero strategy, what consideration it has given to the UK Climate Change Committee’s 2023 report to the UK Parliament that this is “high risk” due to its reliance on nascent technology, and what policy frameworks it will put in place to ensure that emissions reductions in the aviation sector occur if these technologies are not delivered on time and at sufficient scale.
Answered by Fairlie, Jim - Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity
The UK Government’s Jet Zero strategy, with its associated emissions trajectories, will apply throughout the UK. As the Aviation Statement makes clear, it is therefore vital that Jet Zero should benefit Scotland and Ministers will work with the UK Government to secure that aim. Scottish Ministers support the harnessing of new technologies across aerospace to meet climate targets. In addition to the technology-related actions in our Aviation Statement, the Scottish Government has established an expert working group to provide recommendations on increasing the production and use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Scotland.
Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) The key technology to decarbonise aviation in the medium term is SAF, or sustainable aviation fuels, - Speech Link