April 17 2024 – Ottawa
The Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF) welcomes the federal government’s newly announced biofuels program in Budget 2024. The program recognizes the need to accelerate the production of sustainable aviation fuel and use our raw materials for a truly made in Canada solution to reduce emissions from the aviation sector and produce high-in-demand products at home, so the value chain and the jobs it creates are kept domestic.
Canada’s sustainable aviation ecosystem has long been calling on the federal government to take bold action to incentivize production of sustainable aviation fuel in Canada. At the moment, SAF usage remains the only viable path for aviation to meet net-zero commitments by 2050, yet Canada currently produces no meaningful quantities of SAF. All the conditions are ripe for Canada to be a leader in SAF production and today’s announcement is a step in the right direction.
However, more leadership is needed on the policy and regulatory front to ensure Canada remains competitive on SAF production. Beyond the measures introduced in biofuels program in Budget 2024, C-SAF continues to call on the government to adopt further measures to ensure that Canadian investments in SAF production are competitive with those in the US where they benefit from incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act.
“The revised biofuels program is a positive step forward in ensuring Canada’s clean energy leadership and helping the aviation sector stay competitive. By using our resources and skills to produce Canadian SAF, we can create good jobs while lowering GHG emissions for a hard to decarbonize industry,” said Geoff Tauvette, Executive Director of the Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels. “The entire aviation ecosystem, supporting 633,000 jobs and $60 billion of economic activity, is ready to work with the government on the implementation of this program to ensure policies result in robust SAF production in Canada, meet our environmental targets, and ensure the long-term viability of the Canadian aviation and aerospace sectors. C-SAF is looking forward to seeing what other measures the government will take to spur the production of SAF and other biofuels in Canada.”
For more information:
Geoff Tauvette
Executive Director, C-SAF
gtauvette@c-saf.ca
About C-SAF
The Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF) is a not-for-profit organization that aims to accelerate the commercial production and deployment of SAF in Canada by catalyzing the ecosystem and value chains, promoting public policy, strategies and a roadmap, acting as a neutral and balanced technical expert, and serving as the voice of its members to government and non-government stakeholders on SAF issues. C-SAF was created by a consortium of 60 domestic, international and cargo airlines operating in Canada who own and operate aviation fuel storage and distribution facilities at 11 major airports across Canada. C- SAF is comprised of about 100 members who represent key industry leaders that are committed to advancing SAF production and use in Canada....
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