Abashayeli bezindiza be-EU bajoyina isinyathelo sokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-Sustainable Aviation Fuels

• Izifiso zemvelo zaseYurophu sezithathe isimo esiphathekayo ngaphansi kwe-EU Green Deal
• Ngaphansi kwe-EU Green Deal, iYurophu yathembisa ukuzuza umnotho we-net-zero-carbon ngo-2050.
• I-European Commission kulindeleke ukuthi yamukele lokho okubizwa nge-'ReFuelEU Aviation' isiphakamiso

Umphakathi wamabhanoyi wase-Europe ujoyina umfelandawonye wezinhlangano zezindiza nezemvelo, ufuna kuhlanganiswe iSustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) njengekhambi eliyingozi, lesikhathi eside le-de-carbonise aviation. Izifiso zemvelo zaseYurophu sezithathe isimo esibambekayo ngaphansi kwe-EU Green Deal kodwa ukunqanyulwa kwesisi esingcolisa umoya kuseyinselelo enkulu. Kodwa-ke, abashayeli bezindiza babona ithuba lokuthi i-EU ibe umholi wokuqala ekukhiqizeni ama-SAF esimeme ngempela futhi asebenzise amandla awo aphelele. 

"Imboni yezindiza iyaqaphela ngomthelela wayo endaweni ezungezile futhi, njengabashayeli bezindiza, sithatha umthwalo wethu wokunqanda usongo lwesimo sezulu," kusho u-Otjan de Bruijn, uMongameli we-ECA. "Siyaseseka i-EU Green Deal futhi sikholelwa ukuthi ama-SAF asinika indlela yokuhlangabezana nezinhloso zeSivumelwano saseParis."

Ngaphansi kwe-EU Green Deal, i-Europe yathembisa ukuzuza umnotho we-net-zero-carbon ngo-2050, okwakuzodinga ukuncishiswa kwe-90% yezinto zokuthutha. Ama-SAF anamandla okufaka isandla kakhulu kulokhu okuhlosiwe, anciphise ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yezinkampani zezindiza ngama-80% uma kuqhathaniswa nophethiloli wendiza evamile. 

“Umbuzo uthi: Sikwenyusa kanjani ukukhiqizwa nokusebenzisa i-SAF ngaphandle komthelela omubi endaweni ezungezile,” kusho u-Yngve Carlsen, uMongameli we-Norway’s Cockpit Association kanye noSihlalo we-ECA’s Environment Taskforce. “Kunezindlela ezihlukene zokwandisa umthamo wokukhiqiza - ezinye zithembisa kakhulu kunezinye, kanti ezinye ezingase zehluleke ukuletha ukuncipha kwesisi esingcolisa umoya noma zidale imithelela emibi ebingahlosiwe kwezemvelo. Asiyilungise zisuka nje!” 

Yingakho izinkampani zezindiza, abasebenzi kanye namaqembu ezemvelo bavumelana ngezimiso ezibalulekile okufanele ziqondise ukukhula kwemboni ye-European SAF. Esitatimendeni sokuvumelana umfelandawonye unxuse abathatha izinqumo ukuthi bafune uhlaka oluqhubekayo nolunobufakazi besikhathi esizayo kuma-SAF.

“Akekho ongangabazi amandla e-SAF kodwa kunengozi yokuthi abenzi bezinqumo bakhethe indlela 'yokuwina ngokushesha' ngokuthi bagxile kakhulu kuma-biofuel asekelwe ezitshalweni. Kwaba njalo emkhakheni wemigwaqo, owawuthembele kakhulu kuma-biofuels asekelwe ekudleni angalawuleki. Kudingeka senze kangcono. Izindiza kufanele zizibophezele ekusekeleni uphethiloli oseqophelweni eliphezulu owenziwe ngemfucumfucu, izinsalela futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu - ama-electrofuels,” kusho uSihlalo we-ECA's Environment Taskforce.

The I-European Commission kulindeleke ukuthi yamukele lokho okubizwa nge-'ReFuelEU Aviation' isiphakamiso, okuhloswe ngaso ukuthuthukisa ukuhlinzekwa kanye nesidingo sama-SAF e-EU. Lesi siphakamiso siyisinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile, kanye nokuchitshiyelwa kwe-Renewable Energy Directive (RED) ngendlela efanayo ngo-2021. Umfelandawonye unxusa ukuthi ama-biofuels anobungozi obukhulu bokusimama (isb. ama-biofuels avela endaweni yezitshalo ezinikele) akhishwe kuMyalelo. 

“Abashayeli bezindiza ngeke bakwazi ukuzixazulula ngokwabo izinselelo zesimo sezulu sezindiza, kodwa lokhu akusivimbeli ekubambeni iqhaza – kanye nabanye ababambiqhaza – ngendlela engcono kakhulu ekwehliseni izinga lezemvelo lendiza,” kusho u-Otjan de Bruijn, uMongameli we-ECA. "Okusengcupheni - ukulondoloza iplanethi yethu - kudinga indlela ebucayi neqinile."