Finnair Part of SAF Production Pilot
Finnair is collaborating with Liquid Sun and other partners on a pilot project to produce eSAF using CO2 emissions and renewable hydrogen, with full operations expected by 2025. The EU mandates increasing renewable fuel use in aviation, aiming for...
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Finnair is part of a renewable sustainable aviation fuel production pilot by Liquid Sun, with electrical engineering company ABB, Nordic energy company Fortum and Finnish airport company Finavia as additional partners, the carrier announced Wednesday.
Liquid Sun will produce the eSAF using an innovation based on low-temperature electrolysis technology that converts CO2 emissions and renewable hydrogen into eSAF. In Finland, biogenic CO2 emissions are generated, for example, by the forest industry and biogas plants, according to Finnair.
The production unit will be based in Espoo and is expected to be fully operational in fall 2025, Finnair said.
At the beginning of 2025, the European Union aviation blending mandate started, requiring the gradual increase of renewable fuel use in aviation through 2050, according to Finnair. From 2030, the mandate will expand to include fully synthetic fuels made from CO2. By 2050, the blending requirement will increase to 70 percent, of which half must be eSAF.
The mandate applies to airports with at least 800,000 passengers or 100,000 tons of cargo annually. In Finland, this includes Helsinki-Vantaa and Rovaniemi airports, according to the carrier.
