easyJet has signed an agreement with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer Moeve, which will see the Spanish firm supply the airline operator with sustainable fuels for the next six years.
Based at La Rábida Energy Park, in Huelva, Moeve produces SAF from used cooking oils, and already supplies several airports across the Iberian peninsula and Canary Islands.
The agreement grants easyJet access to SAF for six years, from 2025 until 2030, on its route network in Spain.
‘The immediate solution’
“At Moeve, we promote solutions that drive decarbonisation in the airline industry,” commented Álvaro Macarro, Moeve’s director of sustainable aviation. “We believe that SAF is the immediate solution for more sustainable aviation and therefore we supply it at the main airports of the Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands on a permanent basis.
“This new milestone reached with easyJet, a leading airline in Spain, is absolutely fundamental for our joint decarbonisation journey with our clients.”
Production capacity
Moeve has announced plans to develop a new production facility with a capacity of 0.5 million metric tonnes of SAF, as well as renewable diesel, which the company said will form part of the largest second-generation biofuels complex in southern Europe when it commences operations in 2026.
By 2030, Moeve will boast an annual production capacity of 2.5 million metric tonnes of biofuels, of which which 800,000 metric tonnes will be of SAF, which is sufficient for 2,000 flights around the world.
The use of sustainable aviation fuels can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90% compared to traditional kerosene, and easyJet’s deal with Moeve forms part of its ongoing decarbonisation initiative.
“We are committed to decarbonising our operations, and SAF is going to play a vital role in helping us achieve that mission,” added Raminder Shergill, director of tax and fuel strategy at easyJet.
At the end of October, easyJet joined Project SkyPower, a CEO-led consortium that seeks to accelerate the growth of the SAF industry and promote sustainable transport. Read more here.
