Neste and Air Canada signal settlement for the provision of 60,000 tons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas – the primary time Neste’s SAF is provided to Canada
- Neste and Air Canada have agreed on the provision of 60,000 tons (77.6 million liters) of unblended, neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas to be used on flights from Vancouver Worldwide Airport.
- It marks the primary time that Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas might be provided to Canada.
- The settlement additionally represents Air Canada’s first industrial import of SAF into the nation and contributes considerably to Air Canada’s goal to obtain SAF to account for 1% of the airline’s estimated 2025 jet gas use.
Neste and Air Canada have signed an settlement for the provision of 60,000 metric tons (77.6 million liters) of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas™. Neste will ship the sustainable aviation gas (SAF) blended with standard jet gas to the Vancouver marine terminal beginning in December 2024, with additional shipments all through 2025. The Vancouver marine terminal has a direct pipeline connection to the gas amenities at Vancouver Worldwide Airport enabling using the blended SAF on the airport.
The settlement builds on the present partnership between the 2 firms and helps Air Canada’s environmental sustainability commitments which embody a goal to obtain SAF to account for 1% of the airline’s estimated 2025 jet gas use. In 2023, Neste provided SAF bought by Air Canada at San Francisco Worldwide Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Government of Air Canada, mentioned :
Air Canada is actively pursuing efforts to mitigate its GHG emissions, and SAF is a essential element of our multifaceted strategy to lowering our influence on the setting and selling environmental sustainability in our operations.
“This SAF buy from Neste contributes to our goal of procuring SAF for one % of our estimated gas use in 2025,”
Carl Nyberg, Government Vice President at Neste, mentioned :
We’re proud to broaden our partnership with Air Canada by supplying them with a big quantity of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas to be used at Vancouver Airport.
“It’s the first time our SAF is provided to Canada. It underlines our dedication to supporting the Canadian aviation business in its efforts to mitigate emissions and in addition exhibits the necessary position that coverage help can play in accelerating SAF utilization. We look ahead to persevering with our wonderful collaboration with Air Canada,”
Sustainable Aviation Gas
Sustainable aviation gas is a renewable aviation gas offering a extra sustainable various to traditional, fossil-based jet gas. Utilizing Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas™ reduces greenhouse fuel emissions by as much as 80%* over the gas’s life cycle, in comparison with utilizing standard jet gas. Neste’s SAF is constructed from sustainably sourced, 100% renewable waste and residue uncooked supplies, equivalent to used cooking oil and animal fats waste. SAF is licensed for industrial use and may at present be blended as much as 50% with standard jet gas earlier than use and works seamlessly with current plane engines and fueling infrastructure.
*) When utilized in neat type (i.e. unblended) and calculated with established life cycle evaluation (LCA) methodologies, equivalent to CORSIA methodology
Additional data:
Neste: Please contact Neste’s media service, tel. +358 800 94025 / media@neste.com (weekdays from 8.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. EET). Please subscribe to Neste’s releases at https://www.neste.com/for-media/releases-and-news/subscribe.
Air Canada: Please contact Air Canada through media@aircanada.ca
Neste in short
Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) makes use of science and progressive expertise to rework waste and different assets into renewable fuels and round uncooked supplies. The corporate creates options for combating local weather change and accelerating a shift to a round financial system. Being the world’s main producer of sustainable aviation gas (SAF) and renewable diesel and a forerunner in growing renewable and round feedstock options for polymers and chemical substances, the corporate goals to assist its prospects to cut back their greenhouse fuel emissions by a minimum of 20 million tons yearly by 2030.
The corporate’s ambition is to make the Porvoo oil refinery in Finland essentially the most sustainable refinery in Europe. Neste is dedicated to reaching carbon-neutral manufacturing by 2035, and can scale back the carbon emission depth of bought merchandise by 50% by 2040. Neste has additionally set excessive requirements for biodiversity, human rights and the provision chain. The corporate has constantly been included within the CDP and the DJSI lists of the world’s most sustainable firms. In 2023, Neste’s income stood at EUR 22.9 billion. Learn extra: neste.com
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Neste and Air Canada signal settlement for the provision of 60,000 tons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas – the primary time Neste’s SAF is provided to Canada, supply
