✈️🌍 Scaling e-SAF in Europe: Policy, Offtakes, and the Road to FID

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Amy Hebert, CEO of Copenhagen-based Arcadia eFuels, to discuss the company’s progress — and the hurdles — in scaling up its e‑SAF production plant in Denmark.

Arcadia eFuels is working to bring large-scale e-SAF to market as an active member of Project SkyPower, aiming for a Final Investment Decision (FID) by the end of 2025 and operations by 2030.

But the challenges are clear:
🔹 Bankable long-term offtakes remain elusive — the voluntary SAF market, while “nice,” isn’t enough to finance major projects.
🔹 The upcoming EU Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP) could be a game‑changer, with price support for e‑SAF and measures to de‑risk investment.
🔹 Early‑stage funding and competitive green hydrogen incentives are critical — yet Europe lags behind the U.S. and UK in hydrogen support.
🔹 The EU is holding firm on its ReFuelEU mandates — a strong signal that e‑SAF will be part of aviation’s decarbonization pathway.

💬 As Amy Hebert puts it: “If we had a long-term offtake agreement in hand, we could be at FID pretty immediately after that.”

📽️👇 Watch the interview with Amy Hebert and read the full article by Eduardo Mariz Cortiñas, Senior Analyst and Sustainability Lead at Ishka: Aviation Finance, in our Insights 2025 report to learn why Europe’s path to large‑scale e‑SAF is technically feasible — but politically complex.

📄 Download impact’s “Insights 2025” report here.

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