SAS has become a partner in the public-private partnership Triangle Energy Alliance (TEA), which is working to develop alternative fuels and PtX technology in the Triangle area. This is stated by the Triangle Energy Alliance in a press release.
The partnership aims to make the area a Northern European center for the development of new energy solutions for heavy transport, including aviation. According to SAS, reducing emissions from aviation requires the development and scaling up of alternative fuels as well as stable framework conditions for production.
- If aviation is to reduce its emissions over time, it requires that regulation and the market develop in the same direction. At the same time, the current situation in the Middle East, with its rapidly increasing fuel prices, clearly shows how important it is for Denmark and Europe to develop alternatives to conventional aviation fuel. The production of alternative aviation fuels requires significant investments and long-term framework conditions. The development of both fuels and infrastructure is complex, and the pace depends largely on how certification, access to energy and investment conditions fall into place. That is why TEA is an important platform because it brings together manufacturers, infrastructure owners and customers in dialogue about the practical prerequisites for scaling new solutions, says Mads Brandstrup, Senior Vice President Communication, Public Affairs and Sustainability at SAS.
According to SAS, a regional aircraft with around 90 passengers uses approximately 500 kg of fuel on the route between Billund and Copenhagen and emits around 1,500 kg of CO2. Danish domestic aviation consumes around 20,000 tonnes of fuel annually.
However, demand from domestic aviation is not in itself large enough to drive investments in new production capacity for alternative aviation fuels. SAS therefore points to the need for stable and predictable framework conditions that can support investments in production.
According to TEA, no decision has yet been made in Europe on the production of e-SAF, partly because the price difference between production and willingness to pay for green alternatives remains large. The partnership is therefore working to bring together producers, infrastructure owners and buyers in the development of new value chains for green fuels.
- The support must be thought through so that it builds a bridge between long-term investments by producers and the airlines' need to enter into shorter-term agreements for quantities that do not in themselves – agreement by agreement – enable producers' investments. Incentives in the same league as the CCS tender, or even half that, should get the ball rolling on green fuels for aviation, assesses Anders Frandsen, who is chairman of the board of directors of TEA.
According to the partnership, the triangle area contains key energy infrastructures and competencies that can support the development of PtX and green fuels for transport and industry.
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