Cepsa starts selling sustainable aviation fuel at Spain’s major airports

Cepsa will build the largest second-generation biofuels plant in Southern Europe.

Cepsa has begun selling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at four of Spain's main airports which combined handle over 133 million passengers each year, representing 55% of the country's passenger traffic. The energy company is becoming the first company to offer biofuel for aviation on a permanent basis.

The Spanish energy company produces this sustainable fuel at its La Rábida Energy Park (Huelva) from organic waste, such as used cooking oils and agricultural waste. These second-generation biofuels, in addition to reducing aircraft emissions by up to 90% compared to conventional kerosene, promote the circular economy, as they are produced using waste that would otherwise end up in landfills.

"We want to make sustainable aviation a reality as soon as possible. We are therefore proud to offer our SAF on an ongoing basis to customers in the aviation industry. For the first time in Spain, four of the country’s main airports have access to this sustainable fuel, which will allow airlines to move forward in their own decarbonization processes,” said Tobi Pardo, Cepsa's Aviation Director.

Under its Positive Motion strategy, Cepsa is developing an ecosystem focused on accelerating the decarbonization of industrial customers, heavy transport and the company itself through the production of green molecules, mainly renewable hydrogen and biofuels. Specifically, with the goal of driving the decarbonization of aviation, the company aims to lead the production of SAF in Spain and Portugal, with an annual production capacity of 800,000 tons annually by 2030, enough sustainable fuel to fly around the world 2,000 times.