Scottish government forms SAF working group
Scottish government has announced plans to establish sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) working group to reduce aviation sector emissions by increasing domestic production and promoting the use of the SAF.
In a statement issued by the Transport Scotland titled ‘Aviation Statement and Key Priorities’, the Scottish Government said the SAF working group will work on significantly increasing SAF production.
The government said that SAF will play a crucial role in reducing emissions over the short and medium term at least, until hydrogen, electric or hybrid aircraft become fully available for commercial routes.
It said that it will continue to work with UK Government to ensure that its Jet Zero aviation strategy benefits Scotland while adding that the UK’s strategy contains several measures that directly affect the aviation sector in Scotland.
“Scottish Ministers have already written to their UK counterparts to note that Jet Zero contains an ambition for zero emission airport operations by 2040 in England, and to seek assurances that any associated financial support would be available on an equal basis to airports in Scotland,” read the statement.
“Ministers also separately highlighted the aviation sector’s clear and repeated calls for the UK Government to provide some kind of price support mechanism for SAF, and sought assurances that all efforts were being made to secure for Scotland a share of the many jobs and economic benefits that SAF could provide.”
UK’s Jet Zero strategy sets out a CO2 emissions reduction trajectory, with UK-wide targets to reduce in-sector emissions to 35.4 MtCO2e (CO2 equivalent emissions) in 2030, 28.4 MtCO2e in 2040, and 19.3 MtCO2e in 2050.
The Scottish Government expects the aviation emissions in the country to follow a similar trajectory.
The Working Group will agree on options for increasing production and usage of SAF in Scotland and report a plan to inform the country’s new Climate Change Plan.
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