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The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Initiative, previously known as the SAF Grand Challenge, is the result of the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other federal government agencies working together to develop a comprehensive strategy for scaling up new technologies to increase the production of affordable, domestically produced SAF, create more export opportunities and fuel choices, support American farmers, and lower energy costs.
The SAF Grand Challenge Roadmap outlines coordinated policies and actions by relevant U.S. government agencies to support stakeholders in meeting the objectives of the SAF Initiative.
The Roadmap enables agencies to coordinate activities in research, development, and demonstration to catalyze technology innovation, public–private partnerships, policy frameworks, and funding needed to address barriers to achieving the objectives of the SAF Initiative.
Under the Roadmap, federal agencies will coordinate with the aviation industry, fuel producers, agriculture, research, academia, state/local/tribal governments, and others to accelerate growth of a domestic SAF industry that utilizes U.S. manufacturing capacities and the U.S. workforce, contributes to U.S. energy security, and aids economic growth in rural America.
The Roadmap has and will continue to incorporate input from key stakeholders to ensure alignment of government and industry actions. The Roadmap is the beginning of an evolving, collaborative, and dynamic process. Regular updates will be informed by technological progress, market developments, and analysis activities.
Action Areas for the SAF Grand Challenge Roadmap
The Roadmap lays out six action areas spanning all activities with the potential to impact the SAF Initiative objectives of expanding SAF supply and end use and reducing the cost of SAF.
The SAF Grand Challenge Roadmap overview figure depicts how the six action areas address barriers across the entire supply chain from innovations in feedstock supply through end use. Within each of the six action areas are workstreams that define critical topics to be addressed.
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