Biofuels

Why Allowing “e-HEFA” to Count Towards the ReFuelEU e-SAF Mandate Would Be a Strategic Mistake

Under the ReFuelEU regulation, jet fuel suppliers face a dedicated sub-mandate requiring a growing share of synthetic aviation fuel (e-SAF), i.e. SAF produced from green hydrogen combined with captured CO2, starting in 2030. Despite this obligation being known for years, most fuel suppliers have not developed their own e-SAF production … [continued]

Safeguarding the Integrity of EU Synthetic Fuels Targets under ReFuelEU Aviation & FuelEU Maritime

Director-General Céline Gauer , DG ENER Director Lukasz Kolinski, DG ENER Head of Unit Kitti Nyitrai, DG ENER Director-General Magda Kopczynska, DG MOVE Director-General Kurt Vandenberghe, DG CLIMA Member State Expert Group on Renewable Fuels We, the undersigned, are writing to express our concern regarding the ongoing pressure to allow … [continued]

Powering Sovereignty

How electrification can lead our transport transition away from polluting fuel imports in the EU post-2030 Renewable Energy Framework. With the recurrent energy crisis affecting Europe’s energy supply, Europe’s post-2030 Renewable Energy Framework must do more than just increase the share of renewables in transport. It must also rethink its … [continued]

Gas Stations are Changing Globally. How Has It Changed in Your Town? (Part 3: Africa)

While Europe and Asia redesign their roadside service stations around high-powered charging plugs for passenger cars, the African continent is charting an entirely different course for the retail forecourt. In Nairobi, Kigali, Cotonou, and Johannesburg, the traditional petrol station is transforming not by merely copying Western grid-tied fast chargers, but … [continued]

Aviation’s $4 Trillion Footprint Does Not Prove Every Flight Adds Growth

Aviation performs useful economic work. It connects remote communities, moves urgent and high-value cargo, brings visitors to places that genuinely depend on tourism and enables work that still requires people to be physically present with equipment, sites, customers or negotiating partners. Those are strong arguments for aviation as a service. … [continued]