SAF to decarbonize heavy duty transport in India
India Hydrogen Alliance (IH2A) lately launched its LowCarbon eFuels & Heavy Duty Transport Decarbonization Report 2025-2030 that pinpoint Low-Carbon Coastal Shipping, leading on Green Methanol or Green Ammonia, and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) powered Aviation, to be key drivers of low-carbon eFuels in India in the 2025-2030 period.
The IH2A record makes the case for India to assemble Low-Carbon eFuels Hubs and Low-Carbon Heavy Duty Transport Corridors alongside India’s East and West Coast.
The IH2A Low-Carbon eFuels report 2025-30 is based on a scenario and assumption of a Low-Carbon Coastal Shipping fleet of 22 Green Methanol powered, and 22 Green Ammonia-powered vessels; a LowCarbon Heavy Duty Trucking Fleet of 30 Green Methanol fueled, 30 Green Ammonia fueled and 30 Green Hydrogen vehicles transport and 1-3% SAF mixing on 122 flights (domestic and worldwide) by using 2030.
Key takeaways of IH2A Low-Carbon eFuels Report 2025-2030:
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) merging, as a drop in fuel, is simple for decarbonizing aviation in the short term as it does not need a new aircraft CAPEX and creation of re-Fueling Infrastructure.
Coastal delivery fleets can be key extent driver for low-carbon e-fuels offtake coastal delivery can account for sizeable offtake of green methanol and green ammonia volumes for transport decarbonization.
Fleet & Re-Fueling Infrastructure CAPEX for Green Methanol, Green Ammonia and Liquid/Compressed Gaseous Hydrogen is extensive. Incentivizing fleet owners to consist of low-carbon e-fuel-powered cars and creating low-carbon e-gas refueling infrastructure will be important.
Low Carbon and Green eFuels Production and Refueling Infrastructure should be gathered in Green Fuel Hubs, in few coastal locations, to decrease offtake danger, fuel coastal transport and trucking fleets that use along the coasts, minimizing price of building eFuel refueling infrastructure in short term.
Collaborative Cross-Border Green Fuels Partnerships, with Singapore (for Green Methanol as Maritime Fuel) and the EU (for SAF on Aviation Fleets) are essential for India, to decarbonize heavy duty transport.
Amrit Singh Deo, IH2A Secretariat lead, stated, “Aviation and Coastal Shipping are two clear priorities for decarbonizing transport with low-carbon eFuels. Coastal Shipping can deliver the volumes even as SAF as a drop-in fuel is the very best to set up within the short-term. Strategic Low-Carbon eFuel Partnerships with Singapore and Europe will help pressure eFuel adoption. Transport fleet owners, in delivery and trucking, would require CAPEX guide to introduce low-carbon motors in their heavy-responsibility delivery fleets. Without call for-aspect incentives to move fleet proprietors, adoption of eFuel powered automobiles will be gradual. Low carbon eFuels have an important function to play in decarbonizing heavy obligation delivery but near coordination among policy makers, e-gasoline manufacturers and fleet proprietors are required.”
