The Allplane Podcast #48 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel, with Jonathan Wood (Neste)

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has emerged as one of the most readily available alternatives to decarbonize the aviation industry.

Well, or at least we should add some “ “ to “available”, because, although technically feasible on paper, there are still some major obstacles that SAF needs to overcome in order to have a meaningful impact on the energy mix.

To get an overview of what is the situation in the sustainable aviation fuel market and what can we expect in the near future in this growing and very promising segment we welcome to the podcast one of Europe’s most senior SAF industry executives.

Jonathan Wood is a VP at Neste, the leading European SAF producer. Neste has leveraged its expertise in the production of biofuels to emerge as a global player in the SAF market. This Finnish company is planning. to multiply its production of SAF by a factor of 15 in the next couple of years, as two new refineries, in Rotterdam and Singapore come on stream to satisfy the sudden global thirst for SAF.

With Jonathan we talk about Neste’s plans but also about the different processes that exist to obtain SAF, their pros and their cons and how the aviation industry could benefit from using the existing infrastructure to increase their SAF intake.

Tune in for a great chat aobut the present and future of sustainable aviation fuel!