Repsol achieves certification to commerce Sustainable Aviation Gasoline inside RSB’s e book and declare system.
Repsol has obtained certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), giving the corporate entry to promote its sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) inside the RSB E-book & Declare System.
This allows the multi-energy firm to ship SAF at particular airports and enter it into the RSB registry, thus, permitting prospects at different airports all over the world to say the licensed emission reductions related to the registered SAF when buying their conventional jet gasoline.
The e book and declare mechanism addresses the supply-and-demand challenges that presently exist for SAF and permits the aviation sector to speed up its decarbonization course of. SAF solely obtainable at a restricted variety of geographical places globally and delivering it to different airport places could be pricey and generate pointless CO2 emissions within the refueling course of.
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RSB’s E-book & Declare System helps overcome these obstacles and permits the expansion of SAF use because it permits airways and their shoppers to say the SAF carbon reductions with out bodily entry to sustainable gasoline provide.
This chain of custody mannequin has been developed to make sure full traceability and credibility, in addition to a demonstrable local weather impression by avoiding double counting within the course of.
The carbon reductions related to the SAF shall be registered as a ‘e book and declare unit’ and transferred to any keen purchaser globally, whereas the bodily gasoline delivered on the nearest airport is not going to have any sustainability standards connected. E-book and declare is presently solely concentrating on voluntary markets, thus contributing to carbon emission reductions which can be along with mandates and laws.
RSB’s management in e book and declare is grounded within the group’s multi-stakeholder governance and non-profit standing: RSB’s method has been developed by way of a uniquely credible and sturdy consensus-based decision-making course of that balances the voices of business, civil society, and academia, constructing a trusted answer to assist scale decarbonization. Repsol has obtained the certification by way of SGS, accredited by RSB to carry out unbiased audits.
Highlights:
- The certification permits Repsol to ship sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) at particular airports and enter it into the RSB Registry, thus, permitting prospects at different airports all over the world to say the carbon reductions of the registered SAF when buying conventional jet gasoline.
- This certification opens a wider international marketplace for Repsol to promote SAF from its superior biofuels plant in Cartagena (Spain) that’s presently in remaining commissioning.
- Renewable fuels, together with SAF, are one of many most important levers of Repsol’s technique to speed up emissions discount from all transport sectors.
Repsol achieves certification to commerce SAF inside RSB’s e book and declare system, February 7, 2024
