1、JULY 2025Industry perspectives on advanced sustainable aviation fuelWhat barriers remain for these technologies to scale?ANDY NAVARRETE,CHELSEA BALDINO,NIKITA PAVLENKOACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis study was generously supported by Climate Imperative.The authors especially thank all industry participants who c

2、ontributed to and reviewed this study as well as Gonca Seber and Deniz Rhode of the ICCT and Aoife OLeary of Opportunity Green for their helpful reviews.International Council on Clean Transportation 1500 K Street NW,Suite 650 Washington,DC 20005communicationstheicct.org|www.theicct.org|TheICCT 2025

3、International Council on Clean Transportation(ID 373)iICCT REPORT|INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELEXECUTIVE SUMMARYAchieving emission reductions and sustainable aviation fuel(SAF)deployment goals in the European Union,United Kingdom,and United States will require rapidly e

4、xpanding the production of low carbon intensity SAF.A limited supply of sustainable feedstock for currently commercialized SAF pathways means the majority of this production will rely on advanced technologies not yet deployed at commercial scale,namely those that use emerging technologies and scalab

5、le,non-food feedstocks.To better understand the barriers to commercialization of these pathways,we surveyed technology providers and advanced SAF project developers on challenges related to technological readiness,feedstock availability,fuel demand,finance,and policy.We found that advanced SAF facil

6、ity deployment faces three key challenges:High capital costs.Establishing advanced SAF facilities at commercial scale is extremely capital-intensive;a single facility may represent a multi-billion-dollar investment.This contributes to an overall cost of production much higher than that of fossil jet