In Switzerland, Reuters reported that TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne said that he expected the European Union to water down its mandate to incorporate sustainable aviation fuel in future, similar to the bloc’s recent decision to drop a proposed ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035.
Last year the EU mandated that 2% of jet fuel made available at its airports needed to be SAF, a requirement that will rise to 6% in 2030 and 20% in 2035.
“All the airline companies are fighting the 6% SAF mandate, which frankly is easy to reach…I will make a bet today that what happened to the car regulation will happen to the SAF regulation in Europe,” Pouyanne said at a World Economic Forum panel on clean fuels.
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