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Increasing Supply and Demand for Sustainable Fuels Aaron Robinson Senior Manager Environmental Strategy and Sustainability IATA Alternative Fuel Symposium Singapore November 16, 2018

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Page 1: Increasing Supply and Demand for Sustainable Fuels · Monetizing the air quality benefits of alternative fuels could help pay price premiums 5 1 Synthetic paraffinic kerosene, or

Increasing Supplyand Demand forSustainable FuelsAaron RobinsonSenior ManagerEnvironmental Strategy and Sustainability

IATA Alternative Fuel SymposiumSingaporeNovember 16, 2018

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Alternative fuels have made significant advancements in the last decade

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LCA reduction Key questions10 years ago 10%-20% Will it hurt the engines?

Will it affect aircraft performance?How do we certify this?Is it safe?

5 years ago 30%-40% What policies are needed?How can the business case work?Why should we be first?

Today 60%-80% Where is the money to scale up?How do we engage our customers?

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Airlines aren’t willing to pay a price premium, so we need to find creative pricing or value structures…

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Converted an unused refinery and using it for productionAvoided costly startup expenses, so reduced need for cost recovery

or to advance down the learning coveCost/risk-sharing agreement with United

Using municipal solid waste as feedstock, and receiving it at no costBringing in investors from across the value chain who receive

different benefit streams

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...or find other reasons to pay a premium

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United to park dozens of jetsChicago TribuneJune 4, 2008

United Airlines is expected to ground dozens of its least-fuel-efficient aircraft, including Boeing 747 jumbo jets, as part of a sweeping round of cuts intended to help the carrier conserve cash and survive as a stand-alone company in daunting times. United plans to retire the workhorses of its domestic fleet: 94 decades-old Boeing 737 jets. Doing so would eliminate more than 20 percent of the 460 aircraft in United's fleet.

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Monetizing the air quality benefits of alternative fuels could help pay price premiums

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1 Synthetic paraffinic kerosene, or ‘biojet’2 Moses, C.A., “Comparative Evaluation of Semi-Synthetic Jet Fuels (FT-SPK),” Coordinating Research Council, 2008.3 Moore, Richard H. et al., “Biofuel blending reduces particle emissions from aircraft engines at cruise conditions,” Nature, 2017 andVirent Technologies, “Virent bio-jet provides more than 50% reduction in particulate matter emissions,” 2016.

4 Corporan, E. et al., “Alternative Fuels Tests on a C-17 Aircraft,” Air Force Research Laboratory, 2010 andAnderson, B.E., et al., “Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment,” NASA, 2011.

5 Corporan et al., “Emissions Studies of Alternative Jet Fuels,” Energy & Fuels, 2011.6 Stratton, R.W. et al., “Impact of Non-CO2 Combustion Effects on the Environmental Feasibility of Alternative Jet Fuels,”Environmental Science and Technology, 2011.

CO2 SOx PM CO UHC NOx

Emissions reduction of ‘neat’ SPK1 alternative fuelvs. conventional jet fuel

At most 10%6

Nearly 100%2

60%-80%

20%-30%59%-40%4

50%-80%3

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It’s important to diversify risk across suppliers…

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Solazyme Ditches Biofuels (and Name) in a World of Cheap OilFortuneMarch 16, 2016

A company that has been paving a path to make biofuels from algae oil over the past decade has finally given up on its biofuel ambitions in a world of ultra cheap petroleum-based oil.

Solazyme, now renamed as TerraVia, says it will no longer focus on its fuels and its industrial businesses, and instead will double down on selling its algae oil to the food and personal care industries, for use in products like cooking oil, protein powders and face lotion.

United Airlines Flies First U.S. Commercial Advanced Biofuel FlightNovember 7, 2011

United Airlines announced that it is operating the first U.S. commercial flight powered by advanced biofuels. Today’s flight from Houston to Chicago makes United the first U.S. airline to fly passengers using a blend of sustainable, advanced biofuel and traditional petroleum-derived jet fuel.

Solazyme, working with Honeywell's UOP process technology, developed the algae oil that was refined into jet fuel to power today's commercial flight.

Also today, United is announcing it has signed a letter of intent with Solazyme to negotiate the purchase of 20 million gallons of jet fuel per year, derived exclusively from algae oil, for delivery as early as 2014.

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…determine how airports can best engage…

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Genève Aéroport to offer sustainable and renewable solutions for aviationSeptember 13, 2017

Port of Seattle Announces Partnership for Sustainable Aviation Fuels at Sea-Tac AirportMay 1, 2018

SFO Announces Landmark Agreement for Use of Sustainable Aviation FuelsSeptember 5, 2018

Oslo becomes the first airport to supply sustainable jet fuelJanuary 22, 2016

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…and understand how to appeal to customers

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Which aircraft looks more fun

to fly on?

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We need to do more to partner beyond aviation

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Aviation organizations Beyond aviation

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1957 1969

Although volumes are small today, history suggests technology can scale up

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Source: Kevin Kelly, Was Moore’s Law Inevitable?

Orbiting the EarthProjection: 1957

Traveling to the moonProjection: 1970

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