The aviation sector, responsible for about 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions, is one of the hardest to decarbonize. A promising short-term solution is represented by Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs). However, the integration of SAFs into the system still faces several limitations, including high costs and limited feedstock availability. Despite these challenges, several policies and organizations, such as ICAO and EU commissions, are promoting their adoption. In this framework, the SUN-PERFOM project aims to solar fuel technologies, which currently face challenges such as low solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency (SFE ~0.50 %), low production rates and high investment and production costs. The project, through technological innovations and bio-engineering solutions, tries to overcome some of the existing limitations by producing lipids from microalgae.