CORSIA (Carbon offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation)
Default Life Cycle Emissions Values for CORSIA Eligible Fuels
ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organization) released a document to establish the default Life Cycle Emissions values of CORSIA Eligible Fuels. CORSIA allows aircraft operators to reduce its offsetting requirements through the use of CORSIA eligible fuels, which include CORSIA sustainable aviation fuels and CORSIA lower carbon aviation fuels.
The latest document includes specific requirements for the following topics:
- Updated default ILUC values for all pathways;
- Updated default core LCA values for ATJ-Ethanol standalone pathways;
- Inclusion of correction factors related to hydrogen and heat production methods, and international transportation of feedstock;
- Inclusion of equations defining the production of co-processed SAF on facilities certified for LCAF production;
- Clarification on the use of ILUC values from different world regions;
- Inclusion of default ILUC values for Brazil corn grain ATJ pathways (ethanol and isobutanol).