SkyNRG Nordic, the partnership between SkyNRG and Statoil Fuel & Retail Aviation, has the mission to make the Nordic region the first in the world where all flights are operated on biofuel. Both flights highlight the increased cooperation in the area of bio jet fuel in the Nordic and the willingness to move towards substantial volumes in the coming years.
To catalyze the development of bio jet fuel in the Nordics, SkyNRG established the Fly Green Fund. This fund is set up for corporates in the Nordic that wish to fly more sustainable by operating a part of their staff travel on bio jet fuel. Similar to the KLM Corporate Biofuel Programme, that was co-developed by SkyNRG in 2012, the aim of the Fly Green Fund is to create scale, bridge the current premium for bio jet fuel and to enable investments in the development of sustainable bio jet fuel production from forestry residues and waste in the Nordics.
‘These flights can be considered as a warm up for our big plans next year in the Nordic market. With help from our partners and corporate clients, we believe that we can get to substantial volumes in the next two years,’ says Dirk Kronemeijer, CEO SkyNRG.
Thorbjörn Larsson, Vice President at Statoil Fuel & Retail Aviation states: ‘Another important step on the journey towards greener aviation. Biofuels for aviation are available here and now and I am proud that Statoil Aviation, together with SkyNRG Nordic, are the leading fuel suppliers of biofuels in the Nordic.’
‘The Nordic countries are well suited to drive this development, but it requires the involvement of everyone in the entire value chain from raw material supplier, manufacturers, to the passenger. With our innovative co-funding model, The Fly Green Fund, we will involve the end customer in a meaningful and critical way,’ says Maria Fiskerud Nordic director SkyNRG.
‘That the major airlines in the Nordics are starting to fly on bio jet fuel sends an important signal to the international aviation community. Bio jet fuel exists and the more the product is used, the easier it becomes to increase the volume of production and to realize a competitive price,’ says Peter Landmark CEO Karlstad Airport. ‘After organizing the first bio jet fuel flights in Sweden with SkyNRG Nordic, we will step up our effort by providing bio jet fuel on a continued basis in 2015.’
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SkyNRG Nordic supplies biofuel to SAS and Norwegian
Oslo – SAS and Norwegian operate their first commercial flights on SkyNRG Nordic’s bio jet fuel. Today, SAS flies on bio jet fuel from Trondheim to Oslo and Norwegian from Bergen to Oslo. The bio-flights in Norway are done in close cooperation with ZERO and Avinor and are on the occasion of the annual ZERO Emissions Conference.