Frank Sanmarti, Director Vueling Sustainability Zonehas advocated the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a measure to Promoting environmental transformation In industry, companies in the sector are being asked to “scale up” their development so that fuel is the main component of the air transport decarbonisation plan.
The director referred to the data indicating this Between 2% and 3% of global emissions It comes from airline activity, calling for the regular use of SAF troops on aircraft flights to be implemented to reduce The sector’s carbon footprint Instead of giving priority to the measures he described as “ineffective.”
In this sense, Santamarte spoke publicly about the controversy surrounding eradication Short-haul flights Recently proposed by some politicians and social groups, confirming this “Less than 1 percent of emissions come from routes less than 500 km” in Spain.
The SAF is the “answer” to decarbonisation
“This action will not solve the problem of decarbonizing industry, and the answer is in the SAF,” a Fueling representative said before calling for action. Increasing cooperation between the public and private sectors And incentives to invest in developing an alternative that allows for an 80% reduction in emissions compared to fossil fuels, but its current production It stands at “barely 0.1%” Where countries like England and the United States are ahead of us.
A study prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers revealed that Spain has the ability to innovate Between thirty and forty plants Of this sustainable fuel, which is obtained from waste such as used oil, urban waste or forests, which would generate more than 270,000 jobs and would Impact on national GDP More than 56,000 million euros.
