Milica Folić, production line director at technology provider Topsoe, shares perspective on the current state of play in the SAF market, regional differences in the SAF landscape and what the future might hold in terms of technology and production pathways.

BDI-BioEnergy International began engineering waste oil-processing biodiesel plants in the mid-1990s.

By enabling access to an ever-wider range of sustainable feedstocks, advanced purification technology minimizes the risk of a potential feedstock crunch, while the world watches with anticipation as industries and policymakers navigate the economics and innovation in the promising and evolving landscape of biofuels. 

In August 2023, the Greater MSP Partnership and a handful of anchor collaborators including Delta Airlines, Ecolab, Xcel Energy and Bank of Amerca unveiled an unprecedented initiative to launch the first large-scale sustainable aviation fuel hub in the country.

Calumet’s Montana Renewables has set sights on optimizing renewable jet output to be North America’s largest producer. As of late February, Montana Renewables LLC claims the distinction of being the largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer on the continent, and expects to maintain that status when a planned expansion is completed next year. “We’re a couple weeks away from being North America’s largest SAF producer, and nobody knows it,” Bruce Fleming, executive vice president, tells SAF Magazine in late January. “We’re an operating company of engineers. We have our heads down, thinking about equipment all the time. And we didn’t tell our story.” ...