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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
USA BioEnergy on Sept. 10 announced it has selected Johnson Matthey and Honeywell to provide their industry-leading process technologies to USA BioEnergy to produce synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) at its Bon Wier, Texas biorefinery.
Altalto (Immingham) Limited, owned by Velocys, on Sept. 8 announced it has been awarded funding from the U.K. Department for Transport's Advanced Fuels Fund to progress the basic engineering design of its flagship waste-to-SAF facility.
The U.S. EIA reduced its outlook for 2025 biodiesel and renewable diesel production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Sept. 9. The 2026 production outlook for other biofuels, which includes SAF, was revised up.
Delta Air Lines, in collaboration with Shell and Portland International Airport (PDX), has taken delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into the PDX fuel system, marking the first commercial-scale SAF uplift at PDX.
Hawaiian Airlines on Aug. 29 announced it will be incorporating SAF on flights between Osaka, Japan, and Honolulu, Hawai‘i under a sales agreement between parent company Alaska Air Group Inc. and Cosmo Oil Marketing Co. Ltd.
Honeywell on Aug. 28 announced that Syzygy Plasmonics will use Honeywell UOP Fischer-Tropsch Unicracking technology to make SAF from dairy waste and renewable energy at the world’s first electrified biogas-to-SAF facility.
Shell on Sept. 3 announced it will not resume construction of its proposed renewable diesel and SAF biorefinery at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam, citing a reassessment of the project’s competitiveness.
Velocys on Sept. 2 announced that it has signed an agreement with Morimatsu to provide manufacturing and engineering support for Velocys FT reactors and associated equipment. The equipment will be deployed in SAF projects.
LanzaTech Global Inc. on Sept. 2 announced the company has partnered with Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the Mibelle Group to develop a HEFA pathway for SAF using a palm oil alternative.
Scaling SAF: Technological and Economic Perspectives
By Paul Ticehurst
September 02, 2025
The development of production technologies is a critical step toward making SAF a mainstream alternative to fossil-based jet fuels.
Business aviation is looking at SAF as a key means of reaching carbon reduction and sustainability goals.
Readying the Runway
September 02, 2025
Getting sustainable aviation fuel airborne requires not only technological innovation, but also coordinated problem-solving. SAF Magazine checks in on the progress made on the Minnesota SAF Hub.
Sky’s the Limit
September 02, 2025
Colocated with the 2025 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo, this year’s Sustainable Fuels Summit offered key insights into future SAF markets, feedstocks and opportunities.
The Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act offers mixed signals for biofuels and SAF producers despite its on-paper promise.
With mounting global pressure to reduce carbon emissions, developing and scaling up sustainable aviation fuel production has become increasingly urgent.
Finnish company Liquid Sun is launching a globally unique pilot project to produce eSAF from biogenic CO₂ emissions. The pilot aims to establish a functioning ecosystem and value chain for synthetic fuel production in Finland.
An Air France Airbus A220 on Aug. 25 completed its delivery flight from Airbus’ site in Mirabel to Paris powered by SAF. The delivery marked the first time Airbus in Canada directly issued official sustainability credentials for SAF to a customer.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority on Aug. 20 announced the availability of up to $7.8 million to support pilot-scale and demonstration-scale projects within the state that convert waste streams into low-carbon fuels.
Toyo Engineering Corp. has been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for its initiative, “Development of Production Technologies for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), etc.”
SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO. LTD. and Velocys Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a strategic partnership to advance production technology for electro-sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF), a CO2-derived synthetic fuel.
Universal Fuel Technologies’ ethanol-to-jet SAF produced via the company’s Flexiforming technology has been accepted into the ASTM D4054 Clearinghouse, which supports the technical evaluation of new aviation fuels, for qualification.
Air India and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. on Aug. 19 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marking a major step towards a greener future for Indian aviation.
SAF Magazine and the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative announced the addition of new speakers to the 2025 North American SAF Conference & Expo, taking place Sept. 22–24 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis.
STX Group, a leading environmental commodities trader and climate solutions firm, on Aug. 13 announced the completion of the first successful delivery of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc).
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