CORSIA MRV Readiness
Republic of Kenya
Generated 2026-10-26 · All findings primary-sourced; gaps are stated, never inferred.
Stat block — CORSIA Central Registry
Chapter-3 participationParticipant from 1 Jan 2025
CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
2019 baselinePilot-phase 2,742,574 t · 85%-of-2019 2,331,185 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 2,378,355 t · Not subject 589,359 t · Total 2,967,714 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodySoleil Solutions Africa Limited (cert. VVB/01)
CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
CEF claims (2024)0
CCR Part IV, 1st Edition (2025-10-01) — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer
Attributed operators(CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition, 2025-12-19)
| Operator | Method | Identifier | 2024 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astral Aviation Ltd | ICAO Designator | ACP | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
| Kenya Airways PLC | ICAO Designator | KQA | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
- Both of Kenya's attributed carriers (Astral Aviation, Kenya Airways) have fully confidential Table 2 emissions figures.
Annex 16 Vol IV — SARP-cited readiness checklist
| Requirement | SARP | Status | Evidence & source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter-3 State-Pair participation decision notified to ICAO | 3.1.3 | met | Republic of Kenya elected to participate in CORSIA Chapter 3 from 1 January 2025, per ICAO "CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs", 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27). | — |
| Aeroplane-operator attribution submitted | 1.2.2, 1.2.7 | met | 2 operator(s) attributed to Republic of Kenya under CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19): Astral Aviation Ltd, Kenya Airways PLC. | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | met | Republic of Kenya has an ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body: Soleil Solutions Africa Limited (certificate VVB/01), per CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19). | — |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | met | Republic of Kenya is marked "Reported" in both the 2019 (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition) and 2024 (CCR Part III, 4th Edition) reporting-status appendices. | — |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Republic of Kenya: pilot-phase 2,742,574 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 2,331,185 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Republic of Kenya (CCR Part IV, 1st Edition, 2024 reporting year — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer). | Prepare transfer evidence for independent review → |
| Emissions Monitoring Plan (EMP) receipt & approval process | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.3, 2.2.2.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Order-of-magnitude checks on Emissions & Cancellation Reports | 2.4.1.6, 4.4.1.6 (guidance: ETM Table 3-11, ~3h/operator) | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Offsetting-requirement calculation & operator notice | 3.2.1-3.2.6, 3.4.1-3.4.5 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Data-gap estimation backstop (CERT) | 2.5.2.1 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Error correction to reported emissions | 2.6.1-2.6.2 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Emissions-unit cancellation oversight | 4.3.2, 4.4.1.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Administrative-partnership option (delegation alternative) | 1.3.2-1.3.3 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
Value-chain gaps & solutions
Grounding: study
Kenya's SAF value chain has advanced markedly since the 2018 ICAO-EU feasibility study, which was a pre-industry scoping document recommending a UCO-first, waste-based pathway (supplemented by MSW, sugarcane cane tops, water hyacinth and croton nut) and explicitly noting NO domestic refining/conversion infrastructure existed. As of 2025-2026, web evidence shows real movement on three fronts: (1) Kenya Airways (KQ) is an active, named claimant — it ran Africa's first intra-African 50% SAF flight (Nairobi-Cape Town, Oct 2025, via mass-balance attributes) and has applied a 2% SAF blend on European flights since Jan 2025; (2) a conversion project is now PLANNED with named finance — the May 2026 KQ + Rubis Energy Kenya MoU for Africa's first dedicated SAF refinery near JKIA (32,000 t/yr, est. EUR 60-70M / ~KSh 10.6bn, Dragonfly modular HEFA technology, UCO + waste animal fats + vegetable oils as feedstock, targeted online within 24 months of approvals); and (3) ICAO's ACT-SAF Business Implementation Study for Kenya was published Dec 2025. The feedstock stage has real named aggregators (Zijani for UCO incl. the Java House chain; Eco-Fuels Kenya for croton). The credit/certification stage remains the thinnest: CORSIA/IATA mass-balance framing is used, but no specific certification body (RSB/ISCC), domestic MRV system, or registry is confirmed for Kenyan-origin SAF. The chain is therefore real and accelerating at the airline (uplift) and feedstock ends, with conversion and blending firmly planned-but-not-yet-built, and credit/certification only partially evidenced.
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | readypresent | Large-scale formalized UCO collection network at refinery feedstock volumes, Dedicated feedstock trader/aggregator contracted to the planned refinery, Certified-sustainable feedstock supplier (RSB/ISCC chain-of-custody) |
| conversion | open gapplanned | Project-finance lender / DFI / equity investor for the EUR 60-70M CAPEX (none named), EPC contractor, Licensed HEFA hydroprocessing operator with Kenyan track record |
| blending | open gapplanned | Operator of an ASTM D7566-compliant SAF batch-blending / certification facility at point of origin, Certified blended-batch storage and quality-assurance provider |
| uplift flight | readypresent | Physical SAF into-plane provider for Kenyan-uplifted (not book-and-claim) SAF, Corporate SAF-premium offtake/sponsorship buyers at scale |
| credit | partialpartial | Named SAF sustainability certification body (RSB or ISCC) for Kenyan feedstock/fuel, Book-and-claim registry / attribute-tracking platform of record, Domestic MRV system and accredited verifier, Carbon-credit / CORSIA-eligible-emissions-unit issuer for Kenyan SAF |
Sustainability criteria referencewe produce it
The CORSIA sustainability themes relevant to a question.
Match a financierwe draft it
A shortlist of relevant funders/instruments for a project at this stage.
Find / aggregate a producerwe draft it
Candidate suppliers/aggregators and the missing links to reach refinery-gate volume.
Approval & Permitting Navigatorwe produce it
A SAF project approval-pathway map (site control → airport acceptance) + RACI + indicative docs.
Capital-Stack Matchmakerwe draft it
A layered financing stack by value-chain segment (instrument menu + stack template).
Price-Gap Calculatorwe draft it
The SAF cost-gap framework (four levers) + raw-gap arithmetic on user-supplied sourced figures.
Generate a chain-of-custody templatewe produce it
A CoC document scaffold aligned to ASTM D7566 + CORSIA traceability requirements.
Fuel-Spec & Airport-Acceptance workflowwe draft it
The D7566→D1655 transition + airport-acceptance checklist (docs, EI/JIG QC, storage, uplift).
Carbon-intensity lookupwe produce it
The ICAO default lifecycle CI for a feedstock/pathway — or an honest 'no default, escalate'.
CORSIA eligibility checkwe produce it
Pass / marginal / fail verdict against the ICAO ≥10% reduction criterion.
Draft a sustainability declarationwe draft it
A pre-filled, CADO-ready declaration draft handed to the existing form for finalization.
Sources
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part I: List of Verification Bodies Accredited in States, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part II: Total CO2 Emissions for 2019 Aggregated for all Aeroplane Operators on each State Pair, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part III: Total Annual CO2 Emissions and Information for Aeroplane Operators, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part IV: Information on CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF) Claimed, 1st Edition (2025-10-01)
- CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
- ICAO-EU Feasibility Study on the Use of SAF in Kenya, 2018
- https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/sp-files/environmental-protection/Documents/FeasabilityStudy_Kenya_Report-Web.pdf
- https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/environmental-protection/Documents/ACT-SAF/Business_implementation_study_Kenya.pdf (ICAO ACT-SAF Business Implementation Study for Kenya, Dec 2025)
- https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/business/article/2001547666/kenya-airways-and-rubis-in-sh106b-green-jet-fuel-refinery-pact (KQ-Rubis SAF refinery MoU)
- https://www.biobased-diesel.com/post/kenya-airways-rubis-energy-kenya-to-establish-africa-s-1st-dedicated-saf-refinery
- https://tech-ish.com/2026/05/12/kenya-airways-rubis-saf-refinery/
- https://corporate.kenya-airways.com/en/commitments-partnerships/corporate-responsibility/commitments/sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf/
- https://hapakenya.com/2025/10/24/kenya-airways-makes-history-by-operating-intra-african-flight-with-sustainable-aviation-fuel/ (Oct 2025 50% SAF Nairobi-Cape Town flight, mass-balance)
- https://mg.co.za/africa/2025-10-24-kenya-airways-operates-africas-first-intra-african-flight-using-50-sustainable-aviation-fuel/
- https://ethicalbusiness.africa/2025/10/25/kenya-airways-sustainable-fuel-gambit-exposes-africas-aviation-sustainability-gap/
- https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/industry/kenya-needs-sh30bn-to-build-biofuel-factories-for-aircraft-5228400
Republic of Kenya · advisory readiness summary built from public, dated ICAO sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification. Advisory readiness summary built from public, dated sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification.