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Airlines claim there is not enough supply and suppliers claim there is not enough demand. Meanwhile, the cost is still too prohibitive and the actual impact still debatable.

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Published Fri, May 27, 2022 · 12:30 PM
    • The industry is currently producing only 200,000 tonnes or 240 million litres of SAF a year: less than 0.1 per cent of the jet fuel consumed a year.
    • The industry is currently producing only 200,000 tonnes or 240 million litres of SAF a year: less than 0.1 per cent of the jet fuel consumed a year. BT ILLUSTRATION: SIMON ANG

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    FINNISH company Neste is putting Singapore on the global map for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with a plant that will make Singapore the world’s largest SAF-producing country in 2023.

    The refinery in Tuas will be capable of rolling out 1 million tonnes a year. It will also dramatically increase the current capacity of Neste, which is already the world’s largest SAF producer at 100,000 tonnes a year.

    Including its Rotterdam plant, Neste will boast a total capacity of 1.5 million tonnes or about 1.8 billion litres of biofuel for the aviation industry by the end of 2023.

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