Boeing Buying 9.4M Gallons of Blended SAF this Year


   
    

    

   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) --- Boeing announced plans to buy 9.4 million gallons 
of blended sustainable aviation fuel to support its 2024 U.S. commercial 
operations, reducing its carbon emissions and working to help grow the supply 
of the fuel globally.

   This is the company's largest annual SAF purchase, more than 60% higher than 
its buy in 2023. The blended fuel, 30% SAF made from waste by-products such as 
fats, oils and greases and 70% conventional jet fuel, will support the Boeing 
ecoDemonstrator program and Boeing U.S. commercial operational flights.

   Boeing will receive 4 million gallons of the blended SAF into its fuel farms 
in the Pacific Northwest. EPIC Fuels, a Signature Aviation company, will supply 
2.5 million gallons from Neste, and Avfuel will provide 1.5 million gallons of 
blended SAF from Neste.

   Boeing will also purchase the CO2 emissions reduction associated with 5.4 
million gallons of blended SAF through an accounting process called 
book-and-claim. Book-and-claim is when a company purchases SAF certificates to 
displace conventional jet fuel. Instead of putting the fuel into a Boeing farm, 
distributors will deliver it to nearby airports for use by airlines and other 
carriers.

   Through Boeing's book-and-claim purchases, EPIC Fuels will supply 3.5 
million gallons of blended SAF made by Neste while World Fuel Services, a World 
Kinect Company, will supply 1.9 million gallons from World Energy.

   "As our focus remains on safety and quality, sustainability continues to be 
a priority," said Ryan Faucett, vice president of environmental sustainability 
at Boeing. "Sustainable aviation fuel is essential to decarbonize aviation. 
About 20% of our fuel usage is a SAF blend, and we continue to increase our use 
of this fuel to encourage growth in the SAF industry. We are also working to 
make SAF more available and affordable to our commercial airline customers 
through collaboration, investment, research and policy development."




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