Signatories of the initiative include KLM, SkyNRG, Schiphol Airport, the Port of Rotterdam, the State Secretary of Infrastructure and the Environment, and the Minister of Economic Affairs.
Neste Oil's role will be to explore the production opportunities for aviation bio-fuel and scaling up production. Its renewable fuel refinery in Rotterdam would potentially be the first site for producing renewable aviation fuel in the Netherlands.
"Neste Oil has already carried out trials on the use of NExBTL renewable aviation fuel in commercial service," said Kaisa Hietala, Neste Oil's Vice President, Renewable Fuels.
"We expect this new initiative to stimulate market demand for sustainable aviation bio-fuel and promote a shift from individual projects to the continuous production and supply of sustainable aviation bio-fuel," Hietala continued. "The Netherlands is uniquely positioned to enable this break-through because of the commitment of the public and private sector in the aviation and bio-fuel industry."
Neste Oil's renewable aviation fuel is based on its NExBTL technology, which can make very flexible use of a wide range of vegetable oil and waste-based raw materials.
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