February 04, 2025 [Biofuels International]- Moeve and Norwegian signed a contract to accelerate the decarbonisation of air transport between Spain and the Nordic region by promoting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
As part of the contract, Norwegian used SAF supplied by Moeve for flights from Las Palmas airport in Spain to Nordic countries, primarily Norway and Sweden, as well as Denmark, during the months of November and December.
Moeve produces SAF at its La Rábida Energy Park (Huelva) from used cooking oils.
Álvaro Macarro, Moeve’s director of sustainable aviation, said: “At Moeve, we agree with the widespread industry view that SAF is the only immediate solution for achieving more sustainable aviation. We are proud to supply SAF on a permanent basis at Spain’s major airports, and this latest supply contract with Norwegian is a crucial step in reducing CO2 emissions across the industry.”
Anders Fagernæs, VP of sustainability at Norwegian, said: “SAF plays a vital role in reaching our target of 45% lower CO2 emissions by 2030. Las Palmas is one of our most popular destinations, and as such is a great location to further our work with SAF. We look forward to the collaboration with Moeve and working toward lowering emissions.”
To ensure a supply of SAF to its clients, Moeve is building, together with its partners, a new plant with a flexible production capacity of 0.5 million metric tons of SAF and renewable diesel that will form part of the largest second-generation biofuels complex in southern Europe when it begins operation in 2026.
With this project, the company is making further progress towards its goal of becoming the top producer of 2G biofuels in Spain and Portugal, with an annual production capacity of 2.5 million metric tons of biofuels by 2030, of which 800,000 metric tons will be from SAF, an amount sufficient for 2,000 flights around the planet.
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