SIA to buy sustainable aviation fuel made from waste gases at new Singapore plant新加坡航空公司将购买新加坡新工厂利用废气生产的可持续航空燃料。
Singapore Airlines says it has signed an agreement to purchase up to 4,800 tonnes of next-generation sustainable aviation fuel from Aether Beacon over three years.
Singapore Airlines says it has signed an agreement to purchase up to 4,800 tonnes of next-generation sustainable aviation fuel from Aether Beacon over three years.
Singapore Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore on Dec 8, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Edgar Su)
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SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced on Wednesday (Oct 28) that it will buy sustainable aviation fuel made from waste gases as part of its efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The airline said it signed an agreement to purchase up to 4,800 tonnes of next-generation sustainable aviation fuel from Aether Beacon over three years.
The deliveries will commence in 2028, said SIA and Aether Fuels in a joint media release on Wednesday.
The fuel will be produced using new technology that converts waste carbon feedstocks, such as biomethane and industrial waste gases, into aviation fuel.
CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less “This offers an alternative to the hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids pathway, which relies on more constrained lipid-based feedstocks,” said SIA and Aether Fuels. Aether Fuels had said in November that this production method reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70 per cent compared to conventional jet fuel. The fuel will be produced at Project Beacon, Aether Fuels' commercial production facility which is being developed in Pulau Bukom. SIA is the first airline to buy sustainable aviation fuel from the facility and this marks its first purchase of sustainable aviation fuel made with such technology as well. “Supporting the development and adoption of SAF (sustainable aviation fuel), and securing future supplies, are integral to SIA’s ambition of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050,” said SIA chief sustainability officer Lee Wen Fen. She added that the purchase demonstrated demand for new lower-carbon fuel production pathways in Singapore. “We will continue to work with partners globally to scale SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) production, strengthen the aviation industry’s sustainability ecosystem, and support the transition to more sustainable air travel,” she said.
“This offers an alternative to the hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids pathway, which relies on more constrained lipid-based feedstocks,” said SIA and Aether Fuels.
Aether Fuels had said in November that this production method reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70 per cent compared to conventional jet fuel.
The fuel will be produced at Project Beacon, Aether Fuels' commercial production facility which is being developed in Pulau Bukom. SIA is the first airline to buy sustainable aviation fuel from the facility and this marks its first purchase of sustainable aviation fuel made with such technology as well.
“Supporting the development and adoption of SAF (sustainable aviation fuel), and securing future supplies, are integral to SIA’s ambition of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050,” said SIA chief sustainability officer Lee Wen Fen.
She added that the purchase demonstrated demand for new lower-carbon fuel production pathways in Singapore.
“We will continue to work with partners globally to scale SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) production, strengthen the aviation industry’s sustainability ecosystem, and support the transition to more sustainable air travel,” she said.
Plans to build Project Beacon were announced by Aether Fuels and energy and chemical solutions provider Aster in November last year.
The companies said then that the facility would produce up to 2,000 tons of fuel per year, with commercial operations beginning in 2028.
On Wednesday, SIA and Aether Fuels said the latter intended to start up its first large-scale commercial plant by 2031, with a production capacity at least 10 times greater than Beacon.
Aether Fuels CEO and co-founder Conor Madigan noted that Singapore had been chosen by his company as the site of its first commercial facility.
The country is building a strong ecosystem for aviation decarbonisation through refining and aviation infrastructure, investment support, sustainability policies and utilising its position as a global aviation hub, he said.
“This binding agreement (with SIA) is an important next step and a strong signal of committed demand from a leading global airline – exactly the type of collaboration needed to create the commercial conditions to bring new SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) pathways to scale,” he said.
SIA and its budget subsidiary Scoot are targeting using sustainable aviation fuel for 5 per cent of their total fuel requirements by 2030.
The goal is subject to global developments on the availability and adoption of such fuel, according to SIA's website.
In 2024, both airlines said they would purchase 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel produced by Neste in Singapore.
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新加坡航空公司表示，已签署协议，将在三年内从 Aether Beacon 购买至多 4,800 吨下一代可持续航空燃料。
2020年12月8日，新加坡航空公司的飞机停在新加坡樟宜机场的停机坪上。（资料照片：路透社/Edgar Su）
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新加坡：新加坡航空公司（SIA）周三（10月28日）宣布，将购买由废气制成的可持续航空燃料，作为其到2050年实现净零碳排放目标的一部分。
该航空公司表示，已签署协议，将在三年内从 Aether Beacon 购买至多 4,800 吨下一代可持续航空燃料。
新加坡航空公司和Aether Fuels周三在一份联合新闻稿中表示，交付将于2028年开始。
该燃料将采用新技术生产，该技术可将废弃碳原料（如生物甲烷和工业废气）转化为航空燃料。
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SIA 和 Aether Fuels 表示：“这为氢化酯和脂肪酸途径提供了一种替代方案，该途径依赖于更受限的脂质原料。”
Aether Fuels公司曾在11月表示，与传统航空燃料相比，这种生产方法可减少70%以上的温室气体排放。
该燃料将在Aether Fuels公司位于布科姆岛（Pulau Bukom）的商业生产设施“灯塔项目”（Project Beacon）生产。新加坡航空公司是首家从该设施购买可持续航空燃料的航空公司，这也是该公司首次购买采用此类技术生产的可持续航空燃料。
“支持可持续航空燃料（SAF）的开发和应用，并确保未来的供应，是新加坡航空实现到 2050 年净零碳排放目标的关键所在，”新加坡航空首席可持续发展官李文芬表示。
她补充说，此次采购表明新加坡对新的低碳燃料生产途径有需求。
她表示：“我们将继续与全球合作伙伴共同努力，扩大可持续航空燃料 (SAF) 的生产规模，加强航空业的可持续发展生态系统，并支持向更可持续的航空旅行转型。”
去年 11 月，Aether Fuels 和能源及化工解决方案提供商 Aster 宣布了建设 Project Beacon 的计划。
当时，这些公司表示，该设施每年将生产多达 2000 吨燃料，并将于 2028 年开始商业运营。
周三，新加坡航空工业公司 (SIA) 和 Aether Fuels 公司表示，后者计划在 2031 年前启动其首个大型商业工厂，其产能至少是 Beacon 工厂的 10 倍。
Aether Fuels 首席执行官兼联合创始人 Conor Madigan 指出，新加坡已被该公司选为首个商业设施的所在地。
他表示，该国正通过炼油和航空基础设施、投资支持、可持续发展政策以及利用其作为全球航空枢纽的地位，构建一个强大的航空脱碳生态系统。
“这项具有约束力的协议（与新加坡航空）是重要的下一步，也是全球领先航空公司明确需求的有力信号——这正是创造商业条件、将新的可持续航空燃料（SAF）路径规模化所需的合作类型，”他说道。
新加坡航空及其廉价子公司酷航的目标是到 2030 年，使用可持续航空燃料满足其总燃料需求的 5%。
根据新加坡航空公司的网站，这一目标能否实现取决于此类燃料在全球范围内的供应和普及情况。
2024年，两家航空公司都表示将购买1000吨由新加坡Neste公司生产的可持续航空燃料。
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