Japan-based petroleum company ENEOS Corp. on March 22 announced that a coalition of Japanese and South Korean companies have entered an MOU to cooperate on feedstock for a SAF project ENOES is developing.
Blue Biofuels Inc. announced it has successfully producing its first batch of cellulosic ethanol, utilizing the cellulosic sugars created from biomass on its CTS pilot line. The company has also embarked on a funding process for SAF capacity with Vertimass.
Air New Zealand has launched a global open invitation to innovators and start-ups in the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) sector to become a supply partner to the airline.
U.K.-based SAF technology developer Velocys in February announced a new consortium of growth investors have infused the company with $40 million of growth capital as part of take-private transaction completed in January.
Jet Zero Australia Pty Ltd and Trovio Operating Pty Ltd announced that they have entered a strategic partnership to design and develop the ‘Book and Claim’ Registry for Australian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD).
Refining a Cleaner Future
March 24, 2024
Honeywell discusses its novel Ecofining technology and the company’s role in the future of clean aviation fuels.
BDI-BioEnergy International began engineering waste oil-processing biodiesel plants in the mid-1990s.
The sustainable aviation fuel market is poised for takeoff, but overnight growth may be difficult without policy support that renewable diesel enjoyed in its early years.
IAE International Aero Engines AG (IAE) announced it has successfully tested the V2500 engine with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at MTU Maintenance Hannover, Germany.
DOE: Computational models can accelerate and scale up biomass conversion
By U.S. Department of Energy
March 22, 2024
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Computational Science Center are hard at work enabling the conversion of biomass to fuels and products at industrial scale.
How and when can the aviation industry use 100% synthetic aviation turbine fuel that also delivers the sustainability society expects from the sector?
Aemetis Inc. has announced approval by USCIS for $200 million of EB-5 program investment for the Riverbank SAF production plant, the dairy RNG project, the carbon sequestration project, and energy efficiency upgrades to the Keyes ethanol plant.
A multi-state coalition of biofuel leaders and farm advocates called on President Biden’s Treasury Department to swiftly resolve any questions standing in the way of efforts to scale up U.S. production of SAF.
ABB has signed an agreement with Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on SAF production sites in Canada. As part of the MOU, ABB will explore how its automation, electrification and digital technology can optimize the biofuel facilities.
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.
There should be no room in the modified GREET model for outdated data.
World Energy LLC on March 18 announced it has been invited by the U.S. Department of Energy to submit the Part II Application for an approximately $2 billion loan guarantee to support a proposed SAF project.
Sasol, the global chemicals and energy company, and Topsoe, leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, announced the successful launch of their joint venture, Zaffra, which will focus on the development and delivery of SAF.
The Michigan Senate Committee on Energy and Environment on March 14 held a hearing to consider legislation introduced last year that aims to create a tax credit to support the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Location, location, location—a vital component to making SAF accessible
By Dave Rubenstein
March 15, 2024
Dave Rubenstein, president and CEO of California Ethanol + Power, discusses development of the company’s proposed Sugar Valley Energy project, a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility under development in California’s Imperial Valley.
Ethanol Producer Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 2024 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) taking place June 10-12, 2024 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Tidewater Renewables Ltd. on March 14 announced that its 3,000-barrel-per-day renewable diesel facility in Prince George, British Columbia, is currently operating at near nameplate capacity. Work is also progressing on proposed plans to produce SAF.
Neste has merge its three renewable business units into one Renewable Products business unit as well as restructure its functions to better support business-driven ways of working. Plans for the restructuring were announced last year.
SAF Magazine attended Clean Fuels Alliance America’s annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas, in early February.
Natural Resources Canada on March 8 awarded $15 million to six clean fuel projects, including those focused on renewable natural gas (RNG), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and the use of wood biomass to produce renewable energy.
Avfuel Corp. and Neste finalized a partnership extension that keeps the companies at the forefront of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply for business aviation, cementing their leadership positions in the sustainable space.
Aemetis Inc. released fourth quarter financial results on March 7, reporting the company achieved important milestones in its biodiesel, RNG, ethanol, SAF and carbon capture business segments last year.
Gevo Inc. has reported that efforts are continuing to secure a U.S. DOE loan guarantee to support the construction of its proposed SAF facility. Gevo also reported that its RNG project in Iowa operated at 91% capacity during Q4.
Following Ryanair’s purchase of 500 metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from OMV in October 2023, the airline on March 8 announced that it will take an additional 500 metric tons of SAF from OMV in 2024.
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