The Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has inaugurated the demonstration plant of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The facility will produce SAF through the co-processing of used cooking oil (UCO) in the refinery’s Full Conversion Hydrocracker Unit, leveraging existing refinery infrastructure.
India has taken another step towards meeting its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blending targets of 1 per cent by 2027, 2 per cent by 2028 and 5 per cent by 2030, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. The development signals progress in the country’s efforts to transition towards cleaner and more sustainable aviation fuels under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
As per HPCL’s roadmap, post CORSIA certification, Visakh Refinery will produce ~10 TMT per annum of SAF from January 2027, supporting our nation’s commitment to decarbonising aviation and promoting a circular, waste-to-wealth economy.
This pioneering initiative strengthens India’s energy self-reliance, aligns with global Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) standards, and reinforces the nation’s Net-Zero targets.
Various companies/PSUs namely Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Limited, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Institute of Petroleum etc. are currently working on SAF production/research.
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has adopted CORSIA as a global market-based measure to reduce emissions from international aviation which require offsetting of emissions above a baseline value.
