Neste will provide as much as 1 million gallons (3,000 metric tonnes) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to United Airways for exhaust at Chicago O’Hare Global Airport (ORD) within the U.S. by the pause of 2024. This expansion of the reward partnership between the 2 companies permits United to alter into the key airline to aquire sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for operational exhaust for flights from Chicago O’Hare, one of many busiest airports within the U.S.
The first provide of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel blended with passe jet fuel will arrive at Chicago O’Hare Airport through pipeline in August from Neste’s newly-commissioned SAF terminal means in Houston, which expands the provision of Neste’s SAF to airlines that purpose at airports east of the Rocky Mountains the total scheme to the East Waft.
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“We are angry to amplify our partnership with United and gaze our SAF being stale at one of many key airports within the U.S. It underlines our commitment to supporting the U.S. aviation enterprise in its efforts to decarbonize and shows the famous purpose that policy helps handle the federal SAF 40B credit and the Illinois’ SAF Aquire Credit play in accelerating SAF utilization. We proceed supporting United’s roadmap to pause its emission targets and investigate cross-test forward to expanding our cooperation at other airports across the globe,” stated Alexander Kueper, Vice President, Renewable Aviation Industrial at Neste.
“Right here is what occurs when innovation, leadership and policy come collectively,” stated United President Brett Hart, who used to be at ORD this day with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. “While the market for SAF is serene in its infancy, there is a massive opportunity this day for airlines and policymakers to work collectively to toughen its endured improve – SAF at O’Hare used to be made imaginable attributable to Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Legislature passing tax incentives.”
Illinois SAF Aquire Credit
In 2023, Illinois launched a SAF aquire credit for each gallon of SAF sold to or stale by an air carrier within the deliver. Per the U.S. Energy Files Administration, Illinois ranked fifth within the nation for jet fuel consumption in 2022. The unique tax credit positions Illinois at the forefront of encouraging SAF adoption.
The availability of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to United at ORD builds on Neste’s prolonged-time duration partnership with the airline. In 2022, Neste announced the provide of 2.5 million gallons (7,500 metric heaps) of SAF to United at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol within the Netherlands, followed by one more announcement in 2023 of offering 1.5 million gallons (4,500 metric heaps) of SAF to fuel all of United’s departing flights from San Francisco Global Airport (SFO).
Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Sustainable aviation fuel is a renewable aviation fuel that provides a more sustainable alternative to passe, fossil-based entirely entirely jet fuel. The exhaust of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel reduces greenhouse gasoline emissions by as much as 80%* over the fuel’s existence cycle, in comparison to the exhaust of passe jet fuel. Neste’s SAF is made of sustainably sourced, 100% renewable rupture and residue raw affords, corresponding to stale cooking oil and animal stout rupture. SAF is certified for industrial exhaust and can for the time being be blended as much as 50% with passe jet fuel before exhaust. It works seamlessly with reward aircraft engines and fueling infrastructure.
