The Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation is now accepting applications for the Beth Calabotta Sustainability Education Grant. Established in 2018, the grant aims to support student scientists dedicated to sustainable research.
Darling Ingredients Inc. on Sept. 29 announced an agreement to sell $125 million of production tax credits to a corporate buyer. These credits were generated under the Inflation Reduction Act by the company’s Diamond Green Diesel joint venture.
LanzaJet Inc. has been awarded more than $13 million (£10 million) from the U.K. Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund to accelerate development of Project Speedbird, a major SAF biorefinery in Teesside, U.K.
As the global race to decarbonize aviation intensifies, new research from PA Consulting reveals the significant benefits of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with 83% of U.S. respondents believing SAF holds promise for job creation.
LanzaJet Inc. on Sept. 23 announced it has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan-based Kazmunaygas (KMG) to advance the country’s first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project featuring LanzJet’s ATJ technology.
The STB on Sept. 24 published a notice announcing its intent to renew the charter of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee, which serves as forum to discuss issues related to rail transportation of energy products.
The International Air Transport Association, in partnership with Worley Consulting, has published a study demonstrating that sufficient SAF feedstock exists to enable the airline industry to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board on Sept. 22 kicked off a public hearing to gather public input on a proposed rule to implement the state’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program. The hearing could continue through November.
DHL Express has on Sept. 22 announced a new phase in its ongoing partnership with Cambridge University Press & Assessment, demonstrating significant efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of SAF.
Wisconsin state lawmakers on Sept. 22 announced the introduction of the Forestry Revitalization Act, a bill that aims to provide $210 in incentives to attract the development of a proposed $1.5 billion woody biomass-to-SAF project.
On Sept. 22, the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance announced a new initiative to enable COP30 attendees to support the clean energy transition and address emissions from their air travel via the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
oneworld alliance and member airlines, in partnership with Breakthrough Energy Ventures, on Sept. 17 announced the launch of a new investment fund designed to address the limited availability and high cost of today's SAF.
Korean Air has expanded its use of domestically produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), introducing a SAF blend on flights to Kobe and Osaka. The flights will be fueled with a 1% SAF blend from Sept. 19, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2026.
Gevo Inc. and HAUSH Ltd., a European-based leader in renewable energy projects, have entered into an agreement to explore developing ethanol and ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) facilities and business opportunities in Europe.
The U.S. EPA on Sept. 18 released data showing 1.79 million RINs were generated under the RFS in August, down from 2.16 billion generated during the same month of 2024. Total RIN generation for the first eight months of 2025 reached 15.1 billion
The EU on Sept. 17 announced it will allocate approximately €100 million ($117.88 million) of EU Emissions Trading Systems emissions allowances to 53 aircraft operators to help offset costs of SAF used in 2024.
EFT licensee Highbury Energy Inc. and WBCEC are advancing a CAD$210M Indigenous-led biomass-to-fuels project in Fort Frances, Ontario. The facility will use woody biomass to produce SAF and renewable diesel.
The government of Australia on Sept. 17 announced plans to invest AU$1.1 billion ($731.84 million) to support the domestic production of drop-in, low-carbon liquid fuels, such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The U.S. EPA on Sept. 16 released a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) that considers several options for reallocating RFS renewable volume obligations (RVOs) waived under the small refinery exemption (SRE) program.
Haffner Energy and Luxaviation Group are strengthening their partnership with a non-exclusive 15-year offtake agreement in Europe with fixed SAF volume and price terms, both companies announced on Sept. 10.
The U.S. EPA on Sept. 12 released a proposed rule to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. If finalized, the proposal would remove reporting obligations for most large facilities, all fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and CO2 injection sites.
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers in September filed separate lawsuits challenging the U.S. EPA’s final rule to partially waive 2024 cellulosic blending obligations under the RFS.
Provectus Biofuels Inc. on Sept. 11 announced it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with a regional Alberta airport that sets out indicative terms under which both parties intend to negotiate a definitive long-term offtake agreement for SAF.
The USDA maintained its 2024-’25 and 2025-’26 forecasts for soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest WASDE report, released Sept. 12. The estimate for 2023-’24 soybean oil use in biofuel production was revised up.
The USDA increased its forecast for 2025 soybean production in its latest Crop Production report, released Sept. 12. Soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.3 billion bushels, up slightly from the August forecast, but down 2% from last year.
Sen. Chuck Grassley on Sept. 10 called the U.S. Treasury Department’s planned May 2026 release of proposed 45Z clean fuel production credit regulations “unacceptable” and stressed the importance of timely 45Z guidance to two Treasury nominees.
Worley has been awarded a contract by Preem for FEED verification for the planned conversion of the ICR plant at the Lysekil refinery in Sweden from conventional diesel production to the production of renewable diesel and SAF.
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has been awarded an engineering study contract by Altalto Ltd. based on its proprietary NX Circular gasification and NX CPO technologies for a SAF plant in the U.K.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Aug. 29 awarded funding to two SAF research projects, including a project that aims produce SAF from bio-derived methanol and a project that aims to use distillers grains with solubles (DGS) as a SAF feedstock.
More than 40 members of Congress on Sept. 9 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging the agency to reduce proposed RFS RVOs for 2026 and 2027, block reallocation of SRE volumes, and scrap plans to boost domestic biofuel production.
Advertisement