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Shared Skies, Shared Seas Commonalities and Competition for Marine Biofuels and SAF

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By George Hale

March 19, 2026

Feedstocks 

Technological pathways, feedstocks and refining infrastructure are linking sustainable aviation fuel and marine biofuels as both sectors compete for limited lipid and waste-based resources, policy support and market priority.

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BBI International and Ethanol Producer Magazine are pleased to announce the preliminary agenda for the 2026 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, taking place June 2–4 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Produced by BBI International, the Sustainable Fuels Summit, Carbon Capture & Storage Summit and Ethanol 101 expand FEW into a comprehensive platform for biofuels innovation, carbon management and industry education.

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Universal Fuel Technologies’ has announced its Flexiforming technology successfully converts HEFA-derived naphtha into synthetic aromatic kerosene that, when blended with paraffinic SAF, creates a fully synthetic jet fuel.

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Verity Holdings LLC and CIBO Technologies Inc. on March 17 announced a strategic partnership to deliver an end-to-end data and verification solution connecting farm-level practices to fuel production.

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The U.S. Department of Energy on March 17 opened a $293 million funding opportunity focused on the use of AI to tackle a wide range of complex science and technology problems, including those in the field of biotechnology.

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Abundia Global Impact Group Inc. has entered a multi-project licensing agreement with Topsoe to deploy its HydroFlex technology for the upgrading process at a waste-plastics-to-renewable products recycling facility in Baytown, Texas.

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Equilibrion and Rolls-Royce SMR have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a technical and economic assessment, to better understand the opportunity for nuclear powered SAF using small modular reactors.

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Clariant on March 3 announced a strategic collaboration with Vertimass LLC aiming to accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced zeolite catalysts for the catalytic conversion of biobased alcohols.

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Syzygy Plasmonics on March 3 announced an MOU with Geo bio gas&carbon, Brazil's foremost sugarcane and ethanol waste to biogas developer and operator, to develop commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in Brazil.

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Siemens and CAPHENIA have entered a partnership to scale the production of SAF. As preferred automation and digitalization partner, Siemens will provide digitalization and automation solutions for CAPHENIA's plasma technology

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SAF Magazine, in collaboration with the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, has announced the 2026 North American SAF Conference & Expo will take place Aug. 25-27, in Tacoma, Washington, at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center.

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Atlantic Biomass LLC and its partners Ohio State University and Hood College, with funding assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy and Maryland Energy Innovation Institute, have developed an affordable way to produce SAF.

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Honeywell on Feb. 24 announced that Verso Energy will use Honeywell UOP’s eFining methanol-to-jet processing technology to produce eSAF at seven planned production sites in France, Finland and the U.S.

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Velocys on Feb. 19 announced that it has implemented manufacturing and delivery efficiencies that reduce total investment cost for its microFTL technology by more than 30%. The FT technology is used to produce SAF.

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Praj Industries has successfully demonstrated its ethanol-to-jet (EtJ) process utilizing Axens Jetanol technology at its fully integrated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demonstration plant at Praj Matrix, its R&D center.

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Haffner Energy announced on Jan. 27 the launch of its new C-iC modular industrial units line, designed to address the financing and deployment challenges facing medium-scale, decentralized biofuel projects.

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Topsoe has been selected by Tangshan Jinlihai Biotechnology Co. Ltd. to provide its Hydroflex technology and related services for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project with the capacity to process 300,000 tons of feedstock annually.

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Gevo Inc. has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 12,486,207 B2. The patent broadens protections for different catalyst combinations and explicitly protects the use of ethanol-to-olefins (ETO) technology to produce fuels.

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Radicle Growth has launched The Radicle Corn Challenge sponsored by U.S. Corn Farmers, a global call for startups developing technologies that create new, durable demand for corn through innovative products, materials, and value chains.

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Advanced biofuels pioneer Haffner Energy and power-to-energy player IGNIS P2X kicked off their bio/e-SAF collaborative project AeroVerde. The companies are currently identifying the project’s first site’s precise location in Spain.

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The U.S. Department of Energy on Dec. 1 announced it has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as the National Laboratory of the Rockies. The change is effective immediately, according to the agency.

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Allied Biofuels FE LLC and Praj Industries Ltd have signed a MOU to develop Central Asia’s largest ethanol production facility in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan. Ethanol produced at the facility will be used as feedstock for SAF production.

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With support from Minnesota Corn, University of Minnesota Professor of Chemical Engineering Paul Dauenhauer is exploring the corn-to-methanol pathway for biofuels, which could be used to produce SAF.

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Aether Fuels, a SAF producer, and Aster, a leading provider of energy and chemical solutions in Southeast Asia, on Nov. 11 signed an agreement to develop the first next-generation, commercial-scale SAF production facility in Southeast Asia.

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Topsoe has been selected to deliver its HydroFlex, SynCOR and H2bridge technologies, as well as catalysts and equipment, for NXTClean Fuels’ Port Westward project in Clatskanie, Oregon, to produce SAF and renewable diesel.

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The International Biomass Conference & Expo and the American Boiler Manufacturers Association BOILER Expo are joining forces in 2026 for an unprecedented colocation event in Nashville, Tennessee, March 31 – April 2, 2026.

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Honeywell on Oct. 28 introduced its new Biocrude Upgrading process technology, which converts agricultural and forestry waste into ready-to-use renewable fuels, including marine fuels, gasoline and SAF.

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Green Carbon Development, led by Process Technical Services, announced on Oct. 2 that it has selected Axens Vegan technology for its upcoming renewable fuels facility. The 10,500 BPSD facility will produce SAF and renewable diesel.

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XCF Global Inc. and FlyORO Technologies Pte. Ltd. on Oct. 1 announced the signing of a MOU to explore the creation of a global partnership to help solve one of aviation's biggest bottlenecks: SAF supply chain and blending inefficiencies.

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