Renewable fuels make it possible to cut CO2 emissions from transportation by at least half in relation to their fossil equivalents. For this reason, they are a major focus for meeting the net zero challenge. Our objective is to produce 5 million tons of renewable fuels a year by 2030.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) can be used as of now, without modifying supply chain infrastructure, aircraft or engines. This makes it a tangible alternative to fossil-origin jet fuel. When blended with jet fuel, SAF significantly reduces CO2 emissions from air transportation. In France, TotalEnergies has successfully launched production of SAF made from waste and residues sourced from the circular economy. We also plan to produce SAF at our Grandpuits facility, which will be converted into a zero-crude complex by 2024. In this way, TotalEnergies will be in a position to meet changing French legislation, which calls for aircraft to use at least 1% SAF by 2022, 2% by 2025 and 5% by 2030 blended into fossil-origin jet fuel.
TotalEnergies is investing in recycling and bioplastics, with the goal of producing 30% of its polymers from recycled materials by 2030 and becoming the global leader, in partnership with Corbion, in polylactic acid (PLA), a bio-based, compostable and recyclable bioplastic. By 2024, a second PLA production unit will come on stream at the Grandpuits complex, along with the first chemical recycling plant in France, in partnership with U.K.-based Plastic Energy. Mechanical recycling is another part of the picture, via our Synova affiliate. TotalEnergies has doubled its production capacity for high-performance recycled polypropylene to serve the automotive industry, a segment in which it is the French leader.
A new generation of synthetic fuels known as e-fuels are in the experimental R&D stage. Made using low-carbon electricity and CO2 captured from the atmosphere or biomass, they are carbon neutral and will be able to be blended with fossil-based fuels in unlimited proportions.
