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Demand: mandates and targets
As public announcements from airlines are not
necessarily binding, it is also important to look at
mandates and targets introduced by countries to
understand SAF demand in 2030. The EU, United
Kingdom, Brazil and Korea announced mandates
which will be ramped up towards 2030. These mandates represent a total estimated demand
of 5.3 Mt/a. In addition, several other countries
have declared SAF targets by 2030. Examples
include the US,3 Canada, Singapore, Japan, India,
Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Based on these targets, an additional demand of
11.8 Mt/a is expected. As a result, total mandated
and targeted demand is expected to reach 17.1
Mt/a in 2030 (~5% of 2030 jet fuel demand).
Supply
By the end of 2024, installed SAF capacity globally
is likely to have reached 4.4 Mt/a.5 The total annual
SAF capacity at these facilities is anticipated
to expand by another 1.3 Mt towards 2030. In
addition, 5.6 Mt/a of new SAF-specific capacity could come online by 2030, based on projects that
have already passed final investment decision (FID).
When factoring the total mandated and targeted
demand by 2030 (estimated above at 17.1 Mt),
another 5.8 Mt/a of SAF production capacity would
therefore need to be installed globally to match
demand (see Figure 3).
Non-comprehensive overview of SAF mandates and targets, by country FIGURE 2
Mandate TargetSAF Grand Challenge
goal of 9 Mt (3 bn gallons)
by 203010% by 2030
1% by 20270.5% since 2020
1% by 2026,
3-5% by 20302% in 2025,
10% in 2030
1% by 203110% by 2030
1% by 2027,
2.5% by 20302% in 2025, 6% by 2030
(1.2% synthetic fuels)
1% by 2027,
5% by 2030 1% by 2027BrazilCanada
IndiaUK
JapanUSA1% by 2027South KoreaNorway
IndonesiaEuropean Union
UAE
Singapore
Note: Data accurate as of October 2024 .
Sources: Various.4 Total demand
for SAF mandated
and targeted by
governments is
expected to reach
17.1 million tonnes
per year by 2030 –
roughly 5% of jet
fuel demand.
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