The airline Ryanair and Enilive (controlled by Eni) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for a long-term supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Enilive in some airports in Italy where it operates the Irish airline, which is thus advancing its decarbonisation strategy to 2050, Pathway to Net Zero.
This agreement, explains a joint note, could allow Ryanair to have access to up to 100,000 tonnes (33 million gallons) of SAF between 2025 and 2030 (equivalent to 20,000 flights from Milan Malpensa airport to Dublin).
SAF "represents a concrete solution to contribute to the decarbonisation of aviation in the coming decades, although today it is a minimal part of fuel consumption at a global level - we read in the press release - In the biorefineries in Italy, Enilive mainly processes waste raw materials such as used cooking oils, animal fats and residues from the agri-food industry to produce Eni Biojet, a Saf which contains 100% biogenic component and which is suitable for use in mixtures with conventional jets up to 50%.
Thomas Fowler, Director of Sustainability at Ryanair, declared that this collaboration "will help Ryanair achieve its ambitious target of using 12.5% of SAF by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050" in view of the further target of "carrying 300 million passengers per year by 2034"
Stefano Ballista, CEO of Enilive, recalled the definition of the "ReFuelEude regulation of the European Union, which aims to extend the adoption of Safe until 2050. Enilive plans to increase its biorefining capacity to over 5 million tonnes per year
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'year by 2030 and is focused on developing new projects to extend it: biofuels can play an important role in the decarbonisation of mobility, including 'hard to abate' sectors such as aviation".
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