RFA: Success of SAF tax credit depends on fair, science-based LCA
Summary
“Rules which effectively pick one technology or feedstock over another or use incomplete or outdated science could serve as a barrier to entry and keep production volumes from reaching targets,” he wrote. Cooper noted that RFA member companies have unanimously committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner. RFA continues to believe the most appropriate lifecycle analysis methodology for the determination of SAF emissions is the GREET model, developed and updated regularly by the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Cooper stressed that GREET—an acronym for Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation—is widely considered to be the leading and most sophisticated model, and it is more robust and current than the methodology used by the International Civil Aviation Organization. With the right policy signals and support – including technology-neutral LCA, particularly Argonne GREET, ethanol-to-jet technologies can quickly scale up to meet the future SAF needs of the aviation sector.” Click here for the full comments.