Sustainable Aviation Fuel Targeted Opportunity Region - Great Lakes Region

Of the many industrial hubs in the United States, the Great Lakes region displays the relevant industrial networks and SAF scaling opportunities that could drive US aviation fuel targets. [...] The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge, the result of a government- wide memorandum of understanding published by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation, and US Department of Agriculture (USDA), challenges the United States to build enough supply infrastructure to produce 3 billion gallons per year by 2030 and 35 billion by 2050. [...] The Great Lakes region accounts for over 35% of US ethanol production capacity, and Illinois alone generates more than 10%.6 This is just a part of the United States’ total production of 15 billion gallons of ethanol, or over 55% of the world’s ethanol.7 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Targeted Opportunity Region — Great Lakes Region rmi.org / 9 The significance of corn and soy as feedstocks has driven. [...] BETO expects some of the highest job growth in the areas of: • Biomass and hydrogen production and logistics • Facility operation and quality control • Research and development • Feedstock production in farming communities • Construction, engineering, and manufacturing Sustainable Aviation Fuel Targeted Opportunity Region — Great Lakes Region rmi.org / 14 An examination of the job market in the bi. [...] Exhibit 8 Levers to Increase SAF Feedstock Availability PATHWAYS Grant tax exemptions for SAF with a focus on the regional location of production and on the provenance of the feedstock Facilitate access to public credit and training for SAF bio-feedstock producers to incentivize planting of new sustainable crops.