A GHG reduction obligation for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the EU and in Germany |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia;2. Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea;3. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Despite various legal drivers already in place, a large-scale use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is still missing. Thus, bringing SAF for GHG reduction reasons into the day-to-day business more effective market injection mechanisms are needed. In this context, direct and indirect effects of a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction obligation in the EU and in Germany are analysed, considering an obligation level of 2% in 2023 increasing stepwise to 10% by 2030 following the goals derived from transport-related RED II targets. For such GHG reduction obligations referred to the entire EU 27 and the entire German aviation fuel uplifts, obligation induced SAF demands possibly exceed future SAF production quantities by a factor of about two without effective capacity expansion exceeding the published expansion plans. The considered SAF options lead to an aviation fuel price increases of 5–45% referring to a conventional aviation fuel price of 550 €/t. Aviation related EU ETS and German aviation tax revenues are mostly insufficient to significantly cover obligation-induced SAF costs or additional fuel costs. Fostering a broad spectrum of SAF technologies will thus require obligation related sub-mechanisms, due to (significantly) different SAF compliance costs. Thereby, sub-mandates represent the most effective approach. In terms of obligation avoidance measures, tankering – in contrast to three re-routing options considered – is likely to be economically feasible for airlines and requires appropriate countermeasures. |
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Keywords: | Sustainable aviation fuel SAF GHG reduction obligation SAF mandate SAF market Implementation Steering mechanism Aviation Market injection mechanism |
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