VINCI Airports – a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub – has signed an agreement with H2V and Hy2gen to study the methods of production and supply of synthetic sustainable aviation fuels, or e-SAF, by 2030 intended for commercial airlines operating at Lyon-Saint Exupéry, Lyon Bron and Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airports.
“This partnership once again demonstrates VINCI Airports’ commitment to the decarbonisation of air transport, which we are fully implementing here on several platforms operated in France,” said Guillaume Dubois, Technical Director, VINCI Airports. “We are pleased with this progress and remain committed to contribute, alongside industrial players, to developing less carbon-intensive aviation.”
In a second phase, this study will be extended to the Alpine airports operated by VINCI Airports (Grenoble, Annecy, and Chambéry). Developed from low-carbon hydrogen, these e-SAFs will be produced on the site of the consortium formed between H2V and Hy2gen, under development in Fos-sur-Mer, France.
e-SAFs reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 86% compared to kerosene. Their use does not require any modification of airport facilities or of aircraft propulsion systems.
This project is part of VINCI Airports’ policy to act on the CO2 emissions of its clients and partners (scope 3). At the same time, VINCI Airports has set itself the objective of achieving net zero on its direct emissions (scopes 1 and 2) by 2030 in the EU, as well as at London Gatwick and Edinburgh.
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