Türkiye is gearing up for greener skies. The nation will soon need airlines to use more sustainable aviation fuel. Jet fuel suppliers must also step up their efforts. The goal is to achieve a 5% reduction in aviation emissions by 2030. This move aligns with UN aviation standards. Tupras and Socar, local refiners, will start SAF production. Non-compliance will result in penalties.
Türkiye will set mandates for airlines and jet fuel suppliers to boost the uptake of sustainable aviation fuel, aiming to reduce aviation emissions by 5% by 2030, according to its civil aviation authority's website. The move is aimed at complying with the UN International Civil Aviation Organisation's emission reduction scheme, which will become mandatory in 2027.
The new rules will require airlines to use sufficient SAF in international flights involving Türkiye to meet the 5% emissions reduction goal. They will also require jet fuel suppliers in the country to procure SAF to meet that target, as well as domestic oil refiners, Tupras and Socar, to start producing SAF.
The authority will publish minimum emission reduction targets before the end of the third quarter each year, it said, adding it would penalise airlines and jet fuel suppliers for any non-compliance.
Airline operators must load 90 per cent of the SAF they need for international flights in Türkiye, the authority said. Aviation is responsible for 2.5 per cent of global energy-related CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. Tupras, Türkiye’s largest oil refiner, aims to produce 20,000 metric tons of SAF at one of its major plants in 2026, the company said earlier this year. It aims to increase production to 400,000 tons by building a new unit at its Izmir refinery, pending a final investment decision. DB Tarimsal Enerji, a local biofuel firm, also aims to produce 100,000 tons of SAF at a new plant. Türkiye’s jet fuel demand fell 4 per cent last year to 6.26 million tons or 135,000 barrels per day, according to the country’s energy regulator.
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