SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL-Opportunities and Challenges for Building Market Aligned Sustainable Value
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SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL-Opportunities and Challenges for Building Market Aligned Sustainable Value 〰️
Market Need - Technology - Careers
PRESENTED by the American Chemical Society Divisions of Energy and Fuels, Business Development and Management, Professional Relations and Small Chemical Businesses
Join Us, FOR ALL THREE 90 minute sessions on September 15, 22 and 29, 2022 from 2-3:30 ET and gain insights and perspectives from leading panelists on….
Building Value for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) - WHAT are the real issues to get a product to market? Is it meeting market requirements? Is it technology? Is it the cost/volume to scale to meet market need? Or something else?
Regulatory requirements including environmental, EH&S, and government regulation
Building your career in SAF - whether from the market, research or scale-up perspective
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 SESSION 1: Market Requirements and Careers
Session 1 OBJECTIVE/OUTCOMES: Technology is great…but unless the product meets or exceeds market requirements it won’t be a success. So what DOES the aircraft fuel market require for fuel? Can SAF meet that market demand - for environment, volume, price, availability, raw materials? And how will the oil industry react?
Confirmed panelists include:
Thomas Michels Director of Government Affairs United Airlines
Steve Csonka President Csonka Aviation Consultancy
Scott Fenwick Technical Director Clean Fuels Alliance America
Hear what the market experts have to say on topics including…
WHAT does the market want from SAF and do current products meet need?
WHO are the leading suppliers of SAF? Can they/have they met market need with product?
WHO are the key customers and decision makers for adopting SAF?
HOW have careers been built in this market and WHAT do future careers look like?
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 SESSION 2: Technical Requirements and Careers
Session 2 OBJECTIVE/OUTCOMES: Scientists love to build technology…sometimes whether it is needed or not! Provocative point? Get the perspectives from leaders in academe, industry and government labs on whether the technology already exists for SAF or whether technology push versus market pull is alive and well!
Confirmed panelists include:
Corinne Drennan: Manager, Bioenergy Technologies Programs PNNL
James Hileman Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Environment FAA
Steven Zabarnick Division Head, Fuels and Combustion at University of Dayton Research Institute
Hear from our technology savvy panelists on topics including…
DOES current technology produce SAF products that meet market need?
WHAT ongoing research in SAF still exists and why is it needed?
WHAT are the top three technological challenges still remaining to meet market requirements for SAF?
HOW have careers been built in SAF research and WHAT do future careers look like?
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 SESSION 3: Scale Requirements and Careers
Session 3 OBJECTIVE/OUTCOMES: Scale up, blending and qualifying an SAF product from lab to pilot to scale is rarely as simple and straightforward as anyone would like! Join us and get insights on what success in go-to-market and scale up means and what it takes for SAF!
Hear from our scale and qualification experts about topics including…:
WHAT are the key requirements for scaling/qualifying SAF from lab to pilot to full scale volumes?
HOW do today’s SAF providers meet product/volume/price requirements?
WHAT are the challenges for an SAF provider - if any - to morale and keeping things moving ahead during the process of bringing SAF to market from the lab to pilot to full scale?
HOW have careers been built in scale up and qualification of SAF and WHAT do future careers look like?
WHY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), WHY NOW?: Major airlines have committed to eliminating their net carbon emissions by 2050 even as they expect a fivefold increase in annual global passengers over the same period. To meet that ambitious goal, they’ve touted the potential of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF.
Widespread use of SAF could represent about 65% of the total cuts needed to meet the airlines’ 2050 emissions targets. But alternate fuels cost about four times more than standard kerosene-based fuel, a gap referred to as the “green premium.” That added expense could be difficult to shoulder given that airlines will need at least 119 billion gallons of fuel (449 billion liters) globally by 2050, up from current annual output of 26 million gallons, according to the International Air Transport Association.
SAF is wanted. But is what is available a viable replacement based on market need? It has been said that “The challenges to using SAF are not technical,” Rachael Everard, head of sustainability for Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, said Nov. 2 at a conference hosted by Politico. We have SAF. But at what volume and what price? The top five U.S. refiners by jet fuel production are Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP, Valero, and Marathon Petroleum Group, which together account for roughly 50% of total U.S. Producers of new SAF fuels include a handful of startups as well as oil giants such as Shell Plc, BP Plc and Chevron Corp. These companies, which faced tepid demand for the products in the past, are signaling readiness to meet the sudden upswing in interest.