Singapore is calling on producers to provide sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Changi Airport for a year-long pilot scheme beginning in 2022.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, state-controlled Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore-headquartered global investment company Temasek want to uncover end-to-end cost components in the certification and blending of SAF at local facilities and then delivered to Changi Airport.
The group hopes this will be the first step in helping to meet decarbonisation efforts, with SIA and Temasek already committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
Singapore is also part of the World Economic Forum's Clean Skies for Tomorrow initiative to develop scalable SAF markets across participating countries.
There is currently no SAF production in Singapore, though Finland-headquartered Neste is doubling the capacity of its renewable diesel plant there to 2.6mn t/yr by 2023, of which 1mn t/yr will be able to produce biojet.
