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Subject: FW: Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Joint position of Neste, Eni, Repsol and Total
Dear
,
You have received today a joint position of Eni, Neste, Repsol, and Total on the upcoming regulation
on aviation fuels. The signatories of this letter are some of the leading European companies involved
in reducing CO2 emissions from transport by developing low carbon renewable fuels which will be
particularly necessary for decarbonizing the aviation sector.
At Total we have developed far reaching projects to contribute to this goal and we are very closely
following the legal framework that is currently set up for making the European Green Deal a reality.
We would like to present to you our projects and discuss the implications of the upcoming EU
regulations. We therefore ask you if you kindly would be available in the next two or three weeks for
an exchange with
,
. (@
had been with you in the Round Table call
of the automotive value chain on March 3).
Please send us your availabilities for a call.
Thank you very much in advance and best regards.
European Public Affairs
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GSM: +32
TOTAL S.E.
Mail:
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Rue de l’Industrie 52
B-1040 Bruxelles
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From:
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 11:20 AM
To:
@ec.europa.eu
Subject: Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Joint position of Neste, Eni, Repsol and Total
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Dear
,
As companies active in developing and producing low carbon and renewable fuel solutions to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector, we are fully supportive of the European
Commission’s European Green Deal initiative.
Renewable fuels are already playing a key role in decarbonizing the road transport sector. This is not
yet the case in the aviation and the maritime sector. We are therefore strongly welcoming the
Commissions intention to propose specific legislation for those sectors. In particular, we support the
Commission’s intention to introduce minimum blending mandates for sustainable aviation fuels by
2025 through its ReFuelEU Aviation initiative.
We believe that ambitious minimum mandates require production facilities on an industrial scale
that can count on secured access to a sufficiently large range of sustainable feedstocks.
We are willing to contribute rapidly to the reduction of emissions from the aviation sector. Our
different companies have already invested in installations that will be the only way to produce
renewable fuels for the aviation sector in the short term, and further investments to meet the
ambition of the Green Deal are already planned.
Currently, the only immediately available technology that can bring solutions at large scale is HEFA
(Hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids). Concerning E-fuels or synthetic fuels (RFNBO - Renewable
fuels of non-biological origin), they could develop gradually with the build-up of renewable electricity
and clean hydrogen production, provided that the EU puts in place the necessary incentives to
compensate their much higher production costs.
We are convinced that limiting feedstocks to the current RED II Annex IX only, will make it impossible
to reach the necessary decarbonization of aviation.
We therefore urge the Commission to assure the eligibility of a sufficiently large range of RED II
compatible feedstocks for aviation fuels, and in particular:
all sustainable and RED II complying waste & residue (e.g. animal fat Cat3, uncategorized
waste animal fats and different waste and residue streams from the food industry in
addition to Used Cooking Oil and animal fats Cat1&2), and
intermediate crops (such as catch crops and cover crops).
Such kind of clarification al ows to make the best use of existing and already announced production
plants and accelerate the decisions for investments in new production capacities.
We are calling on you to ensure that the growing EU ambition expressed by the Green Deal is
accompanied by the necessary regulative framework that will allow the European industry to play its
role on the way to make Europe the world’s first climate neutral continent.
We are at your disposal for exchanging on these issues.
Best regards,
, Eni
SpA Repsol S.A. Total S.E.
@neste.com
@eni.com
@repso
l.com
@total.com
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