On 13 July, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) officially released the contract allocation strategy document for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Revenue Certainty Mechanism (RCM), clarifying the operational rules of RCM, arrangements for the first allocation round, and its long-term evolution pathway. As a core component of the UK’s SAF industrial policy framework, the mechanism is primarily designed to lock in stable revenue expectations for the first batch of advanced SAF production projects, cut corporate financing costs, facilitate projects to reach Final Investment Decision (FID), and roll out domestic production capacity in tandem with the already effective SAF blending mandate. View Details >