Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition on SAF

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition represents more than 50 members across the entire value chain, including farmers, producers, and industry partners. Executive Director Alison Grrab explains how the coalition is working to advance sustainable aviation fuel through collaboration, innovation, and market development.

“A large part of our work is focused on federal advocacy for staff and ensuring that we have the right policies in place to support staff production in the United States, so that we can really utilize American feed stocks and promote jobs for American farmers and position the US as a leader on SAF, given the economic and technological competitiveness components of that.”

Tom Michaels, director of government affairs with United Airlines, and a member of the coalition, outlines the benefits of sustainable aviation fuel, noting it can be used without building new infrastructure.

“It's times like these where we really see why we've committed so hard to SAF. United first got interested in this space back in 2009 when oil prices went from $50 a barrel to $150 a barrel in less than a year. And so we started thinking over the long term, how do we insulate ourselves and become more resilient against these kinds of shocks?”

Michael says, even though there will be ups and downs in the staff market as well, overall, it is a more resilient market.