To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help expand the use and take up of sustainable aviation fuel.
Answered on
26 April 2022
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a vital tool in decarbonising aviation and helping the UK reach our net zero goals by 2050.
Since 2014, the department has awarded grant funding to SAF plants through a series of advanced fuels competitions, namely the Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition (ABDC), the Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition (F4C) and more recently the Green Fuels, Green Skies (GFGS) competition through which eight companies are receiving a portion of £15m.
The Net Zero Strategy, published on 19 October, announced that a further £180m will be made available to support SAF production in the UK, building on the progress made through previous advanced fuels competitions. This includes £168m for a multi-year grant funding competition to produce advanced fuels suitable for aviation and heavy goods vehicles. A further £12m is allocated for the continuation of our SAF clearing house project to accelerate new SAF to the market. The Net Zero Strategy also confirmed our ambition to see 10% SAF blended into the UK fuel mix by 2030.