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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Sustainable aviation fuel take-up in UK unlikely to hit 2025 target, data suggests

The silhouette of an airplane coming in to land at sunset
The mandatory target for sustainable aviation fuel supply is scheduled to rise from 2% in 2025 to 10% in 2030, and then to 22% in 2040. Photograph: Itani Images/Alamy

The take-up of sustainable aviation fuels is on course to fall short of the UK government’s first annual mandate, official figures suggest.

Production data published by the Department for Transport (DfT) covering most of 2025 shows that sustainable fuels (SAF) only accounted for 1.6% of fuel supplied for UK flights – 20% less fuel in volume than the 2% needed to fulfil the requirement.

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