In France, TotalEnergies and Avril have signed an agreement to jointly examine the development in France of intermediate crops for the production of sustainable aviation fuel. The firms explained that Intermediate crops are planted between main crops on the same plot. Therefore, they require no additional land and do not compete with the production of food or animal feed, while providing farmers with an additional income stream. Under EU regulations, they qualify for SAF production. Under the terms of the agreement, TotalEnergies and Avril will jointly assess the entirety of the value chain, from plant variety selection to SAF production, in order to establish viable activity in France. Avril will supply vegetable oils from the intermediate crops to TotalEnergies, which will turn them into SAF in its French biorefineries and in its French and European refineries through coprocessing.
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