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ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the first ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report 2025

✈️ The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the first ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report.

☑️ Synthetic Aviation Fuels (e-SAF) Market Development as of June 2025:

  • The global pipeline for e-SAF facilities comprises 94 announced demonstration or commercial projects, with a combined capacity of 7.2 million tonnes per year.
  • The European Economic Area (EEA) is the frontrunner, accounting for 59% of projects and 42% of planned capacity.
  • Due to the absence of binding e-SAF mandates outside the EU and UK, many projects are oriented toward exporting to the European market.
  • Planned non-EEA capacity faces both slow project progress and the challenge of meeting the EU’s stringent sustainability criteria before these fuels can be imported into the EU.

✅ Key Takeaways:

📌 EU SAF production capacities are projected to be sufficient to meet the minimum SAF shares defined under the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation for 2030 (excluding e-SAF).

📌 A continuous scale-up of production will be necessary to establish a well-functioning market and achieve the 2035 ReFuelEU targets, which rise to 20% that year. The scale-up of e-SAF production in the EU is still lagging.

📌 As of today, none of the se-SAF facilities in the EU have reached Final Investment Decision (FID), putting at risk the 2030 sub-target for e-SAF. To meet that target, given development lead times, several facilities must reach FID by 2026 at the latest.

📌 Of the feedstock used for SAF supplied in the EU, 69% originated from non-EU countries, with China contributing 38%, Malaysia 12%, and Finland 10% as the largest European contributor.

📌 In 2024, 25 aviation fuel suppliers (out of 83) reported a total supply of 193 kt of SAF. Fewer than ten suppliers accounted for 80% of this amount, indicating a high level of market concentration. This suggests that the EU SAF market remains nascent and dominated by a few mature or well-capitalized players.

📌 SAF was delivered to 33 Union airports across 12 EU Member States, with 5 Member States – France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Germany – accounting for 99% of the total amount supplied.

📌 According to Eurostat, the EU imported 80 kt of SAF in 2024, representing over 40% of the total EU SAF supply that year, highlighting the continued importance of imports despite the gradual growth of domestic production.

➡️ Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency. ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report 2025