In the latest ANN, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is top of...

In the latest ANN, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is top of Hazer's list in Canada.

The BC government has mandated 1% SAF blending by 2028, rising to 3% in 2030. There's a desire to develop domestic SAF production, overcoming a situation where subsidies overseas have made it cheaper to import.

In December, Parkland's Burnaby refinery near Vancouver announced it had produced 100,000 litres of SAF in a pilot with support from the BC Govt. Air Canada bought the fuel, which is drop-in.

Making a gallon of SAF requires about 0.15kg H2. Burnaby produces H2 via naphtha during the refining process, so it's not sustainable H2.

However, BC regulations would require renewable H2 for SAF production, presumably beyond this pilot level.

If a Hazer plant were built at e.g. Burnaby refinery (or anywhere else in BC), it wouldn't need a direct source of biomethane since FortisBC feeds this directly into its network from a number of suppliers.

It's just some food for thought.

BTW, the ANN indicates that potential downstream hosts are the site owners, not FortisBC.