據能源世界網7月10日日內瓦報道，國際航空運輸協會(IATA)周四強調了航空業對其減排目標的承諾，并呼吁國際能源署(IEA)優先投資可持續航空燃料(SAF)，以幫助航空業為疫情后的復蘇做出貢獻。

國際航空運輸協會的呼吁是在IEA清潔能源轉型峰會前夕發出的，這次峰會實際上是為了討論如何走向低碳未來。國際能源署與政府和燃料行業的利益相關者一道，完全有能力促進SAF的生產。

世界必須從疫情危機中“更好地重建”，重點關注減少碳排放技術和SAF的投資上，這將在這個關鍵時刻創造就業機會，并推動航空業朝著到2050年將航空排放量減少到2005年一半的目標取得進展。

盡管SAF的潛力已經被證明，航空公司也已經做出了努力，但對于航空公司來說，目前的SAF產量仍然太低，無法實現這一目標。

IATA的總干事兼首席執行官Alexandre de Juniac表示，各國政府為疫情后的經濟復蘇投入了大量資金，這是為航空業能源轉型創造了機會。

他在一份聲明中表示，為了實現這一目標，各國政府、金融界和大大小小的燃料生產商必須共同努力，以迅速提高可負擔得起的可持續航空燃料的產量。

IATA估計，目前SAF的年產量為5000萬升。要達到生產規模將使SAF成本降至與航空燃料競爭的水平的臨界點，產量需要達到70億升，即2019年消費量的2%。

de Juniac表示，SAF是我們最大的減排機會。現在是時候推動它了，這樣我們就可以在實現無化石燃料飛行的道路上大幅減少碳排放。

郝芬 譯自 能源世界網

原文如下：

Post-Covid-19 green recovery must embrace sustainable aviation fuels: IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday emphasised the aviation industry's commitment to its emissions reduction goals and called for the International Energy Agency (IEA) to prioritise investment in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help power aviation's contribution to the post-Covid-19 recovery.

IATA's call comes on the eve of the IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit which will meet virtually to debate moves toward a low-carbon future. The IEA is well placed to promote SAF production with its stakeholders both in government and in the fuel industry.

The world must 'build back better' from the Covid-19 crisis with attention focused on investment in carbon reduction technologies and in SAF, which will create jobs at this critical time and boost aviation's progress towards its goal to cut aviation emissions to half 2005 levels by 2050.

Current SAF production rates are too low for aviation to reach this goal despite SAF's proven potential and airline efforts to date.

"The enormous amounts of money that governments are investing in the economic recovery from Covid-19 are an opportunity to create a legacy of energy transition for the aviation industry," said IATA's Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac.

To achieve this, governments, the finance community and the fuel producers -- both large and small -- must work together with the goal of rapidly increasing production of affordable sustainable aviation fuel, he said in a statement.

IATA estimates that current SAF production is 50 million litres annually. To reach a tipping point where the scale of production will see SAF costs drop to levels competitive with jet fuel, production needs to reach seven billion litres or two per cent of 2019 consumption.

"SAF is our biggest emissions reduction opportunity. The time is right to push it forward so that we can achieve major carbon reductions on the way towards fossil-fuel-free flight," said de Juniac.