In this episode, we speak with Nina Marczell, Senior Vice President of Industrial Sales & Marketing for Fuels & Feedstock at OMV, who shares how the integrated energy company is leading sustainable aviation fuel development from early production to commercial scale across Europe.

Marczell discusses:

1. OMV's early-mover advantage, launching SAF production at their Austrian refinery in 2022 – well ahead of EU mandates – starting with 2,000 tonnes through co-processing and scaling to 4,000 tonnes.
2. Europe's first major standalone SAF facility in Romania, featuring 250,000 tonnes annual capacity for SAF and renewable diesel, uniquely integrated with green hydrogen plants that serve both as feedstock and to decarbonise OMV's own refinery operations.
3. Strategic partnerships including groundbreaking collaboration with Airbus on feedstock acceleration, book-and-claim system development, and joint European market advocacy, plus an innovative SAF certificate programme with Microsoft.
4. Why SAF should be considered a premium product with distinct environmental attributes rather than pursuing cost parity with conventional jet fuel.
5. Critical challenges with EU RefuelEU mandate implementation, particularly the steep jumps from 2% to 6% to 20% SAF requirements.
6. OMV's ambitious target to produce up to 1.5 million tonnes of renewable fuels annually by 2030.

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Links & more:

New book: Sustainability in the Air, Vol Two - SimpliFlying

Sustainable Aviation Fuel - OMV

Austria’s OMV signs deals to supply almost one million tonnes of SAF to Lufthansa Group and Ryanair – GreenAir News 

OMV adds new processing plant at Schwechat refinery - Oil & Gas Journal 

OMV Petrom approves renewable fuels plant for Petrobrazi refinery - Oil & Gas Journal

Airbus, OMV announce SAF collaboration to reduce carbon - Airport Technology 

OMV and Microsoft accelerate decarbonization of corporate air travel and its supply chain logistics - OMV