{"id":525,"date":"2025-10-23T11:24:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/?p=525"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:44:24","slug":"sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-report-2024-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-report-2024-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) &#8211; 2024 Data by EASA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251023-SAF-in-EU-2024-by-AESA-800-792x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251023-SAF-in-EU-2024-by-AESA-800-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251023-SAF-in-EU-2024-by-AESA-800-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251023-SAF-in-EU-2024-by-AESA-800-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/251023-SAF-in-EU-2024-by-AESA-800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EASA has released the first ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report, establishing a 2024 baseline for how Sustainable Aviation Fuel is being supplied, purchased, and used across the EU. Below is a short list of highlighting with the core insights for policymakers, operators, and researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report finds that SAF accounted for 0.6% of total aviation fuel supplied at Union airports in 2024\u2014about 193 kilotonnes\u2014avoiding roughly 714 kilotonnes of CO\u2082 emissions, with a mandatory 2% SAF target applying from 2025 at designated EU airports. Initial reporting coverage reached 67% of fuel suppliers and 74% of aircraft operators, forming the foundation for future compliance assessments under Regulation (EU) 2023\/2405 and the 2030 6% target. The 2024 mix was exclusively bio-based SAF, underscoring that synthetic aviation fuels have yet to reach meaningful commercial deployment in the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SAF share in <strong>2024<\/strong>: <strong>0.6% of aviation fuel <\/strong>(193 kt), avoiding ~714 kt CO\u2082, roughly equivalent to 10,000 Madrid\u2013Paris flights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On <strong>2030 trajectory<\/strong>: EU production capacity assessments indicate the <strong>6% SAF <\/strong>blending mandate is <strong>on track<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Market composition: <strong>100% bio-based<\/strong> SAF in 2024; synthetic fuels were absent from the delivered mix.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Price: average <strong>SAF price \u20ac2,085\/tonne<\/strong> vs \u20ac<strong>734\/tonne for conventional jet fuel<\/strong> (excludes downstream blending\/distribution margins).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supply footprint: 25 fuel suppliers delivered SAF to 33 airports across 12 Member States; <strong>99% of volume concentrated<\/strong> in <strong>France, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Germany<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feedstock profile<\/strong>: <strong>81% used cooking oil <\/strong>and 17% waste animal fats; <strong>69% of <\/strong>feedstock sourced <strong>outside the EU.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Origins: <strong>China (38%)<\/strong> and <strong>Malaysia (12%) <\/strong>led <strong>non\u2011EU feedstock <\/strong>supply; <strong>Finland <\/strong>was the largest EU contributor at 10%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reporting <\/strong>baseline: <strong>67% of fuel suppliers<\/strong> and <strong>74% of aircraft operators <\/strong>submitted<strong> 2024 data; <\/strong>full compliance is needed for 2025 checks.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: AESA. (2025). <em>ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report 2024 in review<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easa.europa.eu\/en\/newsroom-and-events\/press-releases\/easa-publishes-report-sustainable-aviation-fuel-scale-progress\">https:\/\/www.easa.europa.eu\/en\/newsroom-and-events\/press-releases\/easa-publishes-report-sustainable-aviation-fuel-scale-progress<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FINAL_EASA_ReFuelEU_Aviation_Annual_Technical_Report_2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of FINAL_EASA_ReFuelEU_Aviation_Annual_Technical_Report_2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f171ebba-5be6-4f5a-bc5e-926f42aa3aa1\" href=\"https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FINAL_EASA_ReFuelEU_Aviation_Annual_Technical_Report_2025.pdf\">FINAL_EASA_ReFuelEU_Aviation_Annual_Technical_Report_2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/azero2050.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FINAL_EASA_ReFuelEU_Aviation_Annual_Technical_Report_2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f171ebba-5be6-4f5a-bc5e-926f42aa3aa1\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EASA has released the first ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report, establishing a 2024 baseline for how Sustainable Aviation Fuel is being supplied, purchased, and used across the EU. 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