HCSS Urges Dutch Parliament to Strengthen SAF Supply Resilience

The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) prepared a position paper for a roundtable scheduled for November 4, 2026, with the House of Representatives of the Netherlands’ Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Water Management. The paper advocates building resilient supply chains for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and electro-sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) to support fuel security. Its recommendations frame alternative aviation fuels not only as an energy and transportation issue, but also as a matter of strategic resilience with potential relevance to civil and military planning.

The paper identifies several areas for consideration: domestic or otherwise resilient fuel production, dependable feedstock supplies, supporting infrastructure, and long-term offtake arrangements. Together, these elements point to a supply-chain approach that extends beyond production capacity alone. For companies working in alternative fuels, feedstocks, logistics, infrastructure, and fuel purchasing, the priorities offer a way to assess where future policy attention or commercial demand could develop. However, the paper does not identify a current buyer, announce a procurement, or specify a contract mechanism or value.

A central policy concept is closer integration of civil-military fuel planning. HCSS also calls for fuel plants to be recognized as dual-use strategic assets, reflecting their potential relevance to both civilian aviation and defense fuel resilience. These are advocated approaches, not adopted requirements. The paper’s discussion may nevertheless be useful to contractors and investors tracking future government strategies, funding proposals, or market-shaping arrangements involving alternative aviation fuels and critical infrastructure.

For GovCon stakeholders, the distinction between policy advocacy and an actionable opportunity is decisive. The position paper is not legislation, an appropriation, or a solicitation, and it creates no binding procurement requirement. Potential long-term offtake agreements and defense-funding support are prospective concepts; the source provides no committed funding, award dates, contract values, solicitation details, or named vendor. The European Union is among the agencies or institutions identified in the source, but no specific EU funding action or procurement commitment is stated. Industry participants can monitor follow-on parliamentary or government activity while treating the paper as an early policy signal rather than near-term revenue guidance.

• HCSS prepared the position paper for a Dutch parliamentary roundtable scheduled for November 4, 2026.
• The paper advocates resilient SAF and e-SAF supply chains as a fuel-security measure.
• Areas identified include fuel production, resilient feedstocks, enabling infrastructure, and long-term offtake arrangements.
• HCSS calls for civil-military fuel planning and recognition of fuel plants as dual-use strategic assets.
• Alternative-fuel producers, feedstock suppliers, infrastructure firms, and potential fuel buyers can use the priorities to inform market monitoring and strategic planning.
• The proposed offtake arrangements and potential defense-funding support are prospective concepts, not committed funding or awards.
• The paper is not legislation, an appropriation, or a solicitation, and establishes no binding procurement requirement.
• No contract values, award dates, solicitation details, or named vendors are provided; stakeholders should look for subsequent government actions before treating the policy signal as an active opportunity.