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2/14/24, 11:32 AM WGS 2024: Dubai Municipality signs agreement with global companies to produce sustainable aviation fuel - Arabian Business
The MoU was signed by Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai
Municipality, Saif Al Falasi, Group CEO at ENOC, Pierre Lembrechts, General
Manager at BESIX Middle East, and Wataru Ikushima, General Manager of the
New Energy Business Development Department at Marubeni Middle East and
Africa Power Limited.
Emphasising the significance of this groundbreaking collaboration with these
companies, Al Hajri asserted that it will play a significant role in advancing
UAE’s national objectives by expediting carbon removal from the aviation
sector and enhancing the country’s stature as a regional hub for low-carbon
aviation fuel.
Al Hajri said the project will also involve several investors and other supportive
and strategic partners.
Al Falasi, Group CEO at ENOC, said as the UAE aims to supply one percent of
fuel to national airlines at UAE airports using locally produced SAF by 2031,
this milestone agreement with Dubai Municipality, Marubeni and BESIX brings
us one step closer to producing SAF through innovative processes and the use
of green energy.
“Through this partnership, we will work closely with Dubai Municipality to
transform sustainable feedstocks such as municipal solid waste to produce
SAF at scale,” he said.
Al Falasi said in addition to reducing the aviation industry’s carbon footprint,
this collaboration will also help to promote a circular economy that focuses on
recycling.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum,
President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports, and
Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airlines and Group; and Abdulla Al
Basti, Secretary-General of the Dubai Executive Council.
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