Pamela Machado of Argus Media took a closer look at the growing role of buyers alliances in driving offtake for e-fuels in both aviation and maritime. Machado also interviewed Andre de Fontaine from ZEMBA’s close partner, the Center for Green Market Activation (GMA). GMA co-manages the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA).
Read an excerpt from the article below:
“Securing offtake remains the key barrier to progress for hydrogen and e-fuel projects, with producers and buyers struggling to align on the long-term commitments and pricing structures needed to secure financing. Collective procurement schemes, primarily aimed at reducing emissions from the aviation and maritime sectors, are emerging as a potential mechanism to break this deadlock.
Initiatives such as the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (Saba) and the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (Zemba) are playing a growing role in facilitating offtake for e-fuels. They aggregate demand from large corporates seeking to cut Scope 3 emissions — from across a company’s value chain — and use this pooled demand to tender for clean fuel use in freight and transport services.”
