Finnair is part of a renewable sustainable aviation fuel
production pilot by Liquid Sun, with electrical engineering company ABB, Nordic
energy company Fortum and Finnish airport company Finavia as additional
partners, the carrier announced Wednesday.
Liquid Sun will produce the eSAF using an innovation based
on low-temperature electrolysis technology that converts CO2 emissions and
renewable hydrogen into eSAF. In Finland, biogenic CO2 emissions are generated,
for example, by the forest industry and biogas plants, according to Finnair.
The production unit will be based in Espoo and is expected
to be fully operational in fall 2025, Finnair said.
At the beginning of 2025, the European
Union aviation blending mandate started, requiring the gradual increase of
renewable fuel use in aviation through 2050, according to Finnair. From 2030,
the mandate will expand to include fully synthetic fuels made from CO2. By
2050, the blending requirement will increase to 70 percent, of which half must
be eSAF.
The mandate applies to airports with at least 800,000
passengers or 100,000 tons of cargo annually. In Finland, this includes
Helsinki-Vantaa and Rovaniemi airports, according to the carrier.
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