Open consultation

Pathway to net zero aviation: developing the UK sustainable aviation fuel mandate

From:
Department for Transport
Published
30 March 2023
Last updated
12 April 2023 — See all updates

Summary

Proposes the UK sustainable aviation fuel mandate which requires jet fuel suppliers to blend SAF into aviation fuel, from 2025, thereby reducing CO2 emissions.

This consultation closes at

Consultation description

Proposes the UK sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate. The SAF mandate will:

  • create demand for SAF
  • achieve greenhouse gas emission savings
  • provide price support for SAF supply

We are seeking views on the:

  • overarching targets to be set for 2030 and beyond
  • targets to supply power to liquid fuels and a cap on hydrotreated esters and fatty acids
  • potential buy-out price, which determines the maximum incentive for supplying SAF
  • eligible fuels and sustainability criteria
  • design of the scheme including:
    • who the obligation applies to
    • how certificates will be issued, traded and used for compliance, and how the obligation will be discharged
  • administrator and enforcement of the scheme
  • interactions with other domestic and international policy makers

This builds on the commitment to introduce a SAF mandate in 2025 requiring at least 10% of jet fuel to be made from sustainable feedstocks by 2030 released in 2022.

Documents

Pathway to net zero aviation: developing the UK sustainable aviation fuel mandate

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UK sustainable aviation fuel mandate: consultation-stage cost benefit analysis

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Sustainable aviation fuel mandate dataset

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Ways to respond

Email to:

LowCarbonFuel.Consultation@dft.gov.uk

Write to:

SAF Mandate Team, Low Carbon Fuels,
Great Minster House,
33 Horseferry Road,
London,
SW1P 4DR

Published 30 March 2023
Last updated 12 April 2023 + show all updates

  1. Added underlying data: Sustainable aviation fuel mandate dataset.

  2. First published.