ES+ | No.3 | 2025/2026 Iberia, Repsol and Inditex have joined forces to commit to sustainable aviation fuel mation of the country’s economy. In the field of aviation, achieving the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. CCS for example, Iberia, Repsol and Inditex reached an agree- enables economically viable reductions in emissions from ment in 2024 to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), industrial processes that are difficult to decarbonise (from which represents 5% of the fuel Iberia uses to transport steel production to the petrochemical industry and the ce- Inditex’s goods on its flights. ment sector) and it is needed in order to scale uplow-emis- This fuel, which Repsol supplies to Iberia at Adolfo Suárezsion hydrogen production. Madrid-Barajas Airport, reduces emissions by more than Already involved in CCS projects in the United States 80% compared to the mineral-based kerosene it replaces. and Indonesia, Repsolhas applied for permits to store CO₂ The energy company has begun large-scale production of off the coast of Tarragona and Cádiz. The TarraCO₂ pro- this type of fuel at its production plant in Cartagena, the ject could be the first of its kind on the Iberian Peninsula, first of its kind on the Iberian Peninsula. with operations expected to commence in early 2031. The One of the next challenges for the energy system and European Commission is backing the project and has the country’s progress in terms of sustainability is carbon awarded it a €205 million Innovation Fund grant and the capture and storage (CCS), which is a key technology for Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) label. J Sustainable aviation fuel is key to reducing emissions in the transport sector. Repsol’s industrial complex in Cartagena was the first large-scale production plant for 100% renewable fuels on the Iberian Peninsula. 51