CAAFI Priorities:
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Reinforce the Value Proposition of SAF
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Enhance the SAF Fuel Qualification Approach
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Align Efforts to Enable Commercial SAF Deployment
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Implement Frameworks & Share Best Practices
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Support SAF Grand Challenge Roadmap Implementation
Addressing Challenges and Building Momentum for SAF Deployment
Nate Brown
FAA, Head Advisor for Strategy & Implementation
Nate is Head Advisor of CAAFI and provides management and strategy assistance to the Executive Director. As a Policy Analyst with the FAA’s Office of Environment and Energy he also supports strategies and research to address aviation environmental impacts, energy needs and climate change impacts. He has previously worked on international climate change initiatives at the U.S. Department of State.
Chris Tindal (2018 - Present)
CAAFI Assistant Director and Business Team Lead
Chris joined CAAFI as Assistant Director after a 40-year career in the Navy. Previously, Chris was the Director for Operational Energy underneath the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Navy for Energy, where he was in charge of setting energy policy and direction for the Department of the Navy and promoting the adoption of alternative fuels and renewable energy resources. He was the Navy leader of the pioneering USDA/DOE/Navy Alternative Fuels Initiative which developed programs to launch the advanced biofuels industry. In his role, Chris successfully led the Great Green Fleet effort, in which the U.S. Navy acquired and used 77 million gallons of F-76 alternative fuel blend for their ships in the Great Green Fleet deployment in 2016. Chris is also an Adjunct Professor on the faculty of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Queensland. In that role, Professor Tindal assists in exploring research and development opportunities for QUT, as well as investigating potential opportunities to establish biorefineries in the State of Queensland. Chris graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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DOE Award: BETO Scale-Up and Conversion, $64.7M over 22 projects
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DOE FOA: Waste Feedstock & Conversion, $34.5M, LOI 18Apr’22, Full Appl. 07Jun’22
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USDA Award: Climate Smart Commodities, $2.8B+, 70+ projects, 2 tranches, 14Sep’22
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USDA RFA: NIFA/AFRI SAS CAPs, $80M, projects to $10M, LOI 27Apr’22
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DOE/SC/BER FOA: Biosystems Design … Biofuels, $1-5M for 6-12 projects
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RFI/NOI: BETO Scale-Up and Conversion, initial FOA pending
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DOE BERC Renewals: 2 of 4 centers have SAF-specific thrusts
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DOT funding in IRA (FAST-SAF, FAST-Tech, RFI imminent, 14Dec workshop)
Role of CAEP
A key strategic objective of ICAO is to minimize the adverse effect of global civil aviation on the environment. To that end, CAEP assists the ICAO Council in formulating new policies and developing new Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), and provides technical analyses and studies at the direction of Council. Its focus areas include noise, local air quality (LAQ), and international aviation greenhouse gas emissions. CAEP includes 27 Members from all regions of the world and 19 Observers (including States, International Non-Governmental Organizations, United Nations Bodies, and Regional State Organizations). More than 600 internationally-renowned experts are involved in CAEP activities and working groups, including many members of CAAFI’s Steering Group and Leadership Team.
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ICAO, drawing on the work of CAEP, has set an aspirational goal of carbon neutral growth (CNG) from 2020 onwards. This goal is to be achieved with a “basket of measures” for CO2 reduction (A39-2), including technology and standards, operational improvements, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), and market-based measures.
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