ABFC backs Canada’s sustainable aviation fuel blueprint

Advanced Biofuels Canada is welcoming Ottawa’s Sustainable Aviation Fuels Blueprint, saying it could help build a domestic SAF market if policymakers create stable, long-term demand. The blueprint targets 10% SAF use by 2030, or about one billion litres, and ABFC says British Columbia already shows policy can accelerate adoption.

Why it matters: - Canada’s aviation sector needs lower-carbon fuel options that can scale now. - The federal blueprint treats sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, as the most technologically ready and commercially feasible way to cut aviation emissions. - ABFC says the plan could support domestic production, strengthen energy security and create a more competitive Canadian SAF market.

What happened: - Advanced Biofuels Canada Association welcomed the Government of Canada’s Sustainable Aviation Fuels Blueprint for Canada. - The federal blueprint outlines actions aimed at reaching 10% SAF use by 2030, which the release says equals about one billion litres. - ABFC President Fred Ghatala said the blueprint confirms Canada has the feedstocks, refining expertise and innovation capacity to build a competitive SAF industry. - Ghatala said the industry still needs durable demand and stable, long-term policy to expand production.

The details: - British Columbia’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard already includes a carbon-intensity requirement for jet fuel. - B.C. also has a volumetric renewable jet fuel requirement that begins in 2028. - In 2025, low-carbon jet fuels represented 3.9% of B.C.’s jet fuel supply. - That share exceeded the province’s 2030 renewable jet fuel requirement five years early. - ABFC said the B.C. example shows how clear policy can drive higher use of low-carbon aviation fuels. - ABFC said the federal blueprint provides a foundation for coordinated policy action.

Between the lines: - The release frames SAF as both an emissions tool and an industrial policy opportunity. - ABFC is signaling that the blueprint is a starting point, not a finished market signal. - The group is pushing for policy certainty because fuel producers and investors typically need predictable demand before expanding capacity.

What’s next: - ABFC said it will support Canada’s efforts to reach 10% SAF use by 2030. - The next policy phase will need to expand demand, grow domestic production and turn the blueprint into concrete market rules. - ABFC said those steps would also help enhance Canada’s energy security.

The bottom line: - Canada has set a SAF target, but ABFC says the real test is whether Ottawa follows with policy that gives producers confidence to build.