Swedavia launches new incentive to refuel with HVO fossil-free diesel

On 1 January 2022, Swedavia introduced a special HVO 100 incentive at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport to encourage companies and other organisations operating at Swedavia’s airports to become fossil-free by refuelling with HVO, a fossil-free diesel. The goal is now for all ground operations at every Swedavia airport to become fossil-free by 2025.

As a first step, the incentive triggers a price differentiation between HVO 100 and regular diesel, with the price of HVO 100 cut by 50 litre and the price of diesel raised by the same amount. This price differentiation is in place since 1 January 2022, and will remain effective until 31 December 2024. During this period, further price differentiations may be made to encourage companies and other organisations operating at the airport to refuel their vehicles with HVO 100.

HVO 100, a fossil-free diesel that has been on the market for a number of years, is made primarily from raw materials such as slaughterhouse waste and is also obtained from tall oil (liquid rosin), rapeseed oil, and by-products from ethanol production. Swedavia’s HVO 100 meets the criteria for biofuel sustainability requirements set out in the Swedish Sustainability Act. The fuel is palm oil free and also PFAD free calculated on a mass balance basis.

The transition to more climate-smart, fossil-free airports continues. In 2014, Swedavia launched its fossil-free diesel project as part of the company’s green fuel strategy, with the company’s goal being to produce zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions from its own airport operations. This goal was achieved in 2021, and since then Swedavia has been using fossil-free renewable HVO diesel at all of its airports.