IAG reaches one-third of 2030 SAF goal with main e-SAF cope with Twelve

Worldwide Airways Group (IAG) introduced its largest Sustainable Aviation Gas (SAF) buy settlement so far, with e-SAF (power-to-liquid) producer Twelve, which is able to provide
superior e-SAF constructed from constructed from CO2, water and renewable vitality. Underneath the phrases of the fourteen-year contract, Twelve will provide IAG with 785,000 tonnes* of e-SAF to help its 5 European airways (British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and LEVEL). The subsequent-generation gas will scale back lifecycle greenhouse gasoline emissions by as much as 90% versus standard jet gas. IAG is the primary European airline group to announce an e-SAF deal, and the settlement will allow IAG to proceed growing its SAF use, which was roughly 12% of the world’s provide in 2023.**

This deal brings the scale-up of e-SAF, produced utilizing power-to-liquid expertise, one step nearer to reaching its full potential within the aviation {industry}. e-SAF doesn’t face feedstock limitations, has a excessive diploma of emissions discount versus standard jet gas and has a comparatively low land and water-use footprint.

Twelve, primarily based in Berkeley, California, is a pioneer and a world chief in carbon transformation and power-to-liquid expertise. The corporate has developed and patented a proprietary course of that may produce high-quality artificial fuels from renewable electrical energy and CO2. The corporate is setting up an illustration plant in Moses Lake, Washington, which is able to provide the primary SAF deliveries to IAG beginning as early as 2025. The 2 firms first started partnering in 2020, when Twelve joined IAG’s Hangar 51 start-up accelerator programme to commercialise Twelve’s expertise. The brand new Twelve partnership is a significant step ahead for IAG on its journey in direction of 2030, when it has dedicated as a Group to fly with 10% SAF—the primary European airline group to set this goal. IAG has now secured one-third of the SAF wanted to succeed in its 2030 goal.

Luis Gallego, IAG’s CEO mentioned: “We now have a roadmap to realize internet zero by 2050 together with a goal to fly with 10% Sustainable Aviation Gas by 2030. The scarcity of sustainable gas globally continues to be an issue for our {industry} though revolutionary firms like Twelve are an necessary a part of the answer.

“This new deal will contribute in direction of our 2030 SAF goal. We want to see related tasks scale in Europe, and we look ahead to working with governments throughout our key markets to construct a SAF {industry} to ship jobs, financial development and a steady provide of SAF.”

Nicholas Flanders, Twelve’s Co-Founder and CEO mentioned: “We’re proud to companion with IAG on this historic deal to advance sustainable aviation with our e-SAF that has as much as 90% decrease emissions than standard jet gas. Our power-to-liquid E-Jet gas presents industry-leading emissions discount potential with the added advantages of an plentiful feedstock provide and considerably smaller land and water footprints in comparison with different SAF pathways.”

This deal is the biggest e-SAF dedication introduced by any European airline group, which earned IAG an award for ‘SAF Offtake Deal of the 12 months’, on the inaugural SAF Investor Convention and Awards, in London on 27 February.

As a part of its sustainability roadmap, IAG can be investing in new plane and implementing gas effectivity initiatives, buying and investing in SAF, and advancing carbon removals to mitigate any residual emissions from its operations.

Most not too long ago the Group’s Mission Speedbird within the UK – an ethanol-to-jet gas challenge between LanzaJet, Nova Pangaea and British Airways – was granted £9 million from the UK Authorities’s Superior Fuels Fund.