據烴加工新聞5月25日消息稱，巴拿馬的政府和包括SGP生物能源公司在內的能源公司計劃開發一個大型的、先進的生物精煉廠，以增加低碳航空燃料的供應。

此舉正值航空業尋求到2050年實現凈碳排放為零的目標，以及世界各國政府敦促企業增加清潔能源投資之際。

巴拿馬的生物精煉廠將于2026年底完工，屆時將每天生產18萬桶(每年26億加侖)生物燃料，包括可持續航空燃料(SAF)和可再生船用柴油。

該項目加入了過去幾年來承諾生產SAF的公司的一系列公告。航空業被認為比其他類型的運輸業更難脫碳，因此航空業需要大量增加SAF的產量才能達到凈零碳排放。

根據國際航空運輸協會的分析，產量必須從2025年的估計80億升增加到2050年的近4500億升。

曹海斌 摘譯自 烴加工新聞

原文如下：

Panama to develop largest advanced biorefinery to make lower-carbon aviation fuel

The government of Panama and energy companies, including SGP BioEnergy, plan to develop a major, advanced biorefinery to increase supply of lower-carbon aviation fuel.

The move comes as the airline industry seeks to achieve a goal of zero net carbon emissions by 2050 and as governments worldwide are pressing companies to increase clean energy investment.

The biorefinery in Panama will produce 180,000 barrels per day (2.6 billion gallons per year) of biofuels, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable marine diesel, when it is complete at the end of 2026.

The project joins a flurry of other announcements from companies that have pledged in the last few years to produce SAF. The airline industry is considered harder to decarbonize than other types of transportation, so a massive ramp-up in SAF output will be needed for aviation to reach net zero.

Production will have to rise from an estimated 8 billion liters (211 million U.S. gallons) in 2025 to nearly 450 billion liters (119 billion U.S. gallons) in 2050, according to an analysis from the International Air Transport Association.

SAF produces lower emissions than traditional petroleum-based jet fuel by utilizing feedstocks including soybean oil, used cooking oil and tallow, but it is more expensive to produce.