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Vestas to test SAF in helicopters

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By Vestas Wind Systems A/S

May 24, 2024

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Vestas has announced its technicians and jack-up vessel crew will use helicopters partly powered by SAF to transport themselves to and from the Baltic Eagle wind farm during the construction phase of 50 offshore wind turbines.

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Blue Biofuels Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received a Notice of Allowance in Canada for the primary patent on its CTS process, #3,121,695 “System to Convert Cellulosic Materials into Sugar and Method of Using the Same.”

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Sustainability solutions provider Azzera has added an industry-first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) management module to its CELESTE B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform.

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The House Committee on Agriculture on May 17 released a discussion draft of its version of the 2024 Farm Bill, formally titled the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024.” The committee is scheduled begin markup of the bill on May 23.

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Emerging Fuels Technology Inc. and CAPHENIA GmbH have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to leverage each other's technology to produce efficient sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at scale.

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The Australian government on May 14 released its $22.7 billion 2024-2025 budget. The plan, in part, includes provisions that aim to support the commercialization of net-zero technologies, such as SAF and renewable hydrogen.

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The Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium, a consortium of the U.S. DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, has launched an effort that aims to gather community input on the development of new biomass processing facilities.

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LanzaJet on May 16 announced a $20 million investment from Groupe ADP, the world leader in airport design and operations. The investment enables LanzaJet to continue building its capability and capacity to deploy its SAF process technology globally.

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More than 2.06 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in April, up from 1.84 billion generated during the same month of last year, according to data released by the U.S. EPA on May 16.

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Europe-based airline Ryanair has extended its partnership with Trinity College Dublin by making an additional €2.5 million donation (€4 million total) to fund the Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Research Centre.

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A group of 25 trade organizations on May 15 sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the agency to release guidance for the 45Z clean fuels production tax credit along with any necessary updated GREET models.

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Emirates has taken delivery of SAF from Shell Aviation at London Heathrow Airport. Over 3,000 metric tons of neat SAF, blended with conventional jet fuel, will be supplied into the fueling infrastructure network of the airport.

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has announced its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will hold a meeting May 22 in Washington, D.C.

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Signature Aviation, the world’s largest network of private aviation terminals, announced a new milestone in sustainability by bringing a 100% supply of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to its Los Angeles International Airport location.

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Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. on May 10 reported that operations at its Montana Renewables biorefinery improved sequentially through Q1 and was operating at planned production levels in April, producing both renewable diesel and SAF.

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Aemetis Inc. released Q1 results on May 9, reporting increased revenues. Company officials confirmed the company’s biodiesel, RNG and ethanol segments performed well during the quarter and provided an update of proposed SAF and CCS projects.

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The USDA currently predicts soybean oil use in biofuel production will increase by 1 billion pounds to 14 billion pounds for 2024-25, according to the agency’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report, released May 10.

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On its path to opening a facility designed to turn agriculture residue into a scalable biofuel business, SAFFiRE Renewables LLC plans to break ground on its pilot plant near Liberal, Kansas, in late 2024.

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Tidewater Renewables Ltd. on May 9 reported that its renewable diesel facility in Prince George, British Columbia operated well during the first quarter. The company also made significant progress on FEED for its proposed SAF project.

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LanzaTech Global Inc. on May 9 announced that that LanzaJet’s 10 MMgy ethanol-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Soperton, Georgia, in on track to begin producing fuel during the second quarter.

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On May 7, Cemvita, a biosolutions leader for the energy industry, announces a significant breakthrough enabling the company to produce substantial quantities of its sustainable oil from waste carbon sources.

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Boston Consulting Group on May 7 announced it has signed an agreement for the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) with World Energy, the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer and low-carbon solutions provider.

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Clean Fuels Alliance America announced an uptick in membership reflecting growing interest in low-carbon liquid fuels in addition to recent changes within its governing board.

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Virgin Atlantic has shared results from Flight100, the first transatlantic flight on 100% SAF, which took place in November. The flight proved that SAF is safe to use with existing infrastructure and delivers CO2 reductions and other benefits.

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Gevo Inc. released Q1 results on May 2, reporting that the company’s RNG project operated at approximately 89% of capacity during the quarter and that efforts continue to secure a DOE loan guarantee for the company’s proposed SAF project.

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Neste and the Singapore Airlines Group have signed an agreement for the purchase of 1,000 tons of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This will make the group’s airlines the first carriers to receive SAF produced at Neste’s Singapore refinery.

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Topsoe has signed an agreement with Guangxi Hongkun Biomass to provide its HydroFlex technology to produce SAF at the company’s plant in the Qinzhou Port Area Free Trade Pilot Zone of Guangxi, China.

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The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and Nebraska Innovation Campus on May 6 celebrated the groundbreaking of the National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture.

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US ethanol and SAF industry leaders seek to intervene in legal challenge to EU SAF regulation

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By Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the U.S. Grains Council

May 03, 2024

Leaders of the U.S. ethanol industry are seeking to intervene in a legal challenge of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation, which effectively bans the use of renewable, crop-based biofuels like corn ethanol as a feedstock for SAF.

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Topsoe has signed an agreement with Cepsa to provide its HydroFlex technology for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel at a new biorefinery under development by Cepsa in Spain.

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