Houser: IRA incentives and airline demand shift biofuel projects to SAF
Trevor Houser · How is U.S. industrial policy affecting actual climatetech investment? · Oct 12, 2023 · at 41:15
Trevor Houser of Rhodium Group reviews Clean Investment Monitor project data tracking clean fuels development across the U.S.
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“The incentives for SAF in the IRA, combined with the airline demand that you mentioned and the willingness to pay a green premium, Is prompting a lot of these projects to shift product mix and focus a little bit and start optimizing towards as much as they can with the technology towards sustainable aviation fuel and away from diesel.”
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