SAF Flyer - January 11, 2023

Treasury, IRS issues guidance on new SAF tax credit The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on Dec. 19 issued a notice regarding the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credit. The new credit was created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. READ MORE SHARE
Neste delivers SAF to Brussels Airport via CEPS pipeline Brussels Airlines is the first airline to receive a delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Brussels Airport using the NATO Central European Pipeline System, which supplies aviation fuel to commerical airports in Europe. READ MORE SHARE
	2023 FEW now accepting speaker presentation ideas The call for speaker presentation ideas is now open for the 2023 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW). The three-day event is scheduled to take place June 12-14, 2023 in Omaha, Nebraska. READ MORE SHARE
Calumet: Montana Renewables begins shipping renewable diesel Calumet has announced that its Montana Renewables biorefinery generated a full month of on-spec renewable diesel production in December and has commenced rail shipments of the product. SAF production will begin soon. READ MORE SHARE
LanzaTech’s waste gas-to-SAF facility wins UK grant funding LanzaTech UK Ltd., a subsidiary of LanzaTech NZ Inc., an innovative carbon capture and transformation company, has announced that its DRAGON facility project has received a £25 million (approximately $31 million) grant from the U.K. government. READ MORE SHARE
Nippon Cargo Airlines to fuel flights with Neste’s SAF Nippon Cargo Airlines has for the first time used Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel for several cargo flights in November and December this year. The SAF is supplied by Neste at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. READ MORE SHARE
DOE awards $1 million for bioenergy research Three projects have been selected for funding under a U.S. DOE interagency agreement with the Minority Serving Institution STEM Research & Development Consortium. The projects focus on algae, waste feedstocks, and catalyst development. READ MORE SHARE
Study: Soybean oil for biofuels has limited impact on food prices The United Soybean Board has partnered with Purdue University on a Food and Fuel study to evaluate whether the increased use of soybean oil in biofuels has contributed to the rising retail prices of food products for consumers. READ MORE SHARE
Rolls-Royce, Gulfstream fuel flight with 100% SAF Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. are leading the way towards sustainable business aviation by conducting the first original equipment manufacturer test flight of an ultralong-range business jet powered by 100 percent SAF. READ MORE SHARE
DOE to fund bioenergy feedstock, biofuel optimization projects The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office has announced its intent to issue two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in early 2023 focused on algae crop production and cellulosic biomass conversion. READ MORE SHARE
Fulcrum Bioenergy produces first biofuel at Sierra Biofuels plant Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. has successfully produced a low-carbon synthetic crude oil using landfill waste as a feedstock at its Sierra BioFuels Plant, the world’s first commercial-scale landfill waste-to-fuels plant. READ MORE SHARE
	Virgin Atlantic to fuel transatlantic flight with 100% SAF The U.K. Department of Transport on Dec. 16 announced that Virgin Atlantic will operate a historic net-zero flight from London to New York next year using 100 percent SAF. The flight will be supported by funds awarded by the U.K. government. READ MORE SHARE