Elena Scaltritti

President and CEO, Topsoe As

Search every verified Elena Scaltritti interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Elena Scaltritti, Chief Commercial Officer of Topsoe, discussed the state of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrogen projects in interviews in September 2024 and January 2025. At World Hydrogen Week 2024, she said the industry has moved through different phases and is now facing the "hard yards" of project execution. She identified three reasons for a slowdown in final investment decisions: regulatory uncertainty, concerns about return on investment, and perceived or existing technological challenges. Scaltritti stated that Topsoe believes "there's no blue versus against the green actually they go hand in hand." She noted that the company has a 500-megawatt-per-year SOEC plant coming on stream in Herning, Denmark at the end of 2024, and mentioned a future plant in Virginia that has not yet reached FID. In a January 2025 interview at Reuters@Davos, Scaltritti described SAF as a "drop-in fuel" that can replace fossil-based jet fuel due to its similar physical and chemical properties. She argued that the cost impact on consumers would be modest, calculating that replacing 6% of fuel with renewable fuel would result in a 1.5% additional cost for carriers, or approximately €6 on a €200 ticket. Scaltritti said the SAF market is forecast to grow from $230 million to over $400 billion by 2050 under existing mandates. She stated that scaling technologies to produce green hydrogen and capture carbon dioxide from air are "fundamental enablers" for e-SAF, and that Topsoe is working on technologies to use municipal solid waste and forestry residues as feedstocks. She concluded that "the technology is there" but that action and speed are needed on financing and demand.