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. This agreement is Topsoe’s first SAF project in China. Topsoe will deliver its HydroFlex™ technology for the project, which expects to process 300,000 tons of... [Read More]

Marathon Petroleum continues to operate its Martinez renewable diesel facility in the San Francisco Bay area at about half of its nameplate capacity. However, it is expected to reach 100% by the end of the year, the company said. "We would expect to continue to operate at 50% for the second quarter, and then somewhere mid-third quarter, we would expect to see our capacity... [Read More]

Quadrise has been collaborating with Vertoro since September 2022 to incorporate their novel and cost-effective sustainable biofuels in bioMSAR™. Quadrise Plc, the supplier of innovative energy solutions for a cleaner planet, has provided an update on its Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with the biofuel specialist. Following the successful production and testing... [Read More]

Braya Renewable Fuels (Braya) has achieved commercial operations at its Come By Chance facility in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This marks the successful completion of its refinery conversion project and is the beginning of providing reliable renewable fuel for the energy transition. “We are incredibly grateful for all of the hard work and dedication of the... [Read More]

The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released guidance on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to create good-paying jobs and reduce climate pollution by spurring innovation in the aviation industry. The Treasury... [Read More]

Germany shipped around 2.9 million tonnes of biodiesel abroad last year - the largest quantity ever. Imports amounted to 1.6 million tonnes, falling 6.2% short of the previous year's volume. The figure does not include imports of HVO, as this is exclusively produced outside of Germany. In 2022, HVO imports totalled approximately 0.48 million tonnes. The Netherlands,... [Read More]

Brazilian-grown sugar cane ethanol shipments have begun arriving at a US plant in Georgia. The sugarcane ethanol will be used to supply the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market, according to According to a Bloomberg news report. Corporate targets indicate SAF usage could amount to 3.3 billion gallons annually by 2030. “The current demand for low-carbon ethanol,... [Read More]

Peninsula has introduced the Aalborg, an IMO II chemical tanker dedicated to sustainable fuel distribution in the Western Mediterranean. The Aalborg is capable of supplying 100% biofuels (B100) in contrast to traditional fuel barges that cannot exceed 25% bio component. The vessel supplies FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Esters) produced from vegetable oils and allows for... [Read More]

Alfanar welcomed Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP to their Teesside site on the day the Government announced measures to give UK aviation and the SAF industry the certainty to create green jobs and cut sector emissions. Alfanar is a global renewables and engineering company headquartered in Saudi Arabia, developing a £1.5 billion (€2 billion) waste-to-sustainable... [Read More]

Boeing and Wagner Sustainable Fuels will collaborate on growing the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to help meet Australia’s airline demand for jet fuel which is expected to increase by 75% over the next 25 years. “Wagner’s sustainability goals align with Boeing’s work to advance aviation decarbonisation and energy security through renewable energy including... [Read More]

Biofuel producers and investors in Europe undoubtedly face a challenging future, although maybe one with a little more hope than has been true of the past decade of high promise and low achievement. For all the ambitious words and targets attached to European biofuels in the recent past, the damming conclusion reached by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) at the end... [Read More]

NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, and SIGMA, America’s leading fuel marketers, have commended the Biden Administration for permitting summertime sales of gasoline containing 15% ethanol (E15) to ensure optimal fuel availability for consumers during the busy summer driving season. Allowing E15 to be sold during the peak driving season will help to ensure... [Read More]

There are two months’ to go before the inaugural Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summit on June 18-19. The event is being held in conjunction with the Biofuels Conference and Expo, which was successfully held 12 months’ ago. The event will once again be held at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, where the two events will take place in adjoining rooms. Daniel Chereau who... [Read More]

GIDARA Energy's HTW® (High Temperature Winkler) technology for gasification of solid waste to syngas has been selected by Aker Solutions (AKSO) to contribute to a feasibility study for the Equinor Mongstad Industrial Transformation (MIT) project. The aim is to convert solid waste and RDF to produce SAF. GIDARA aims to present the in-house HTW® Gasification unit as... [Read More]

The Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) has announced the largest collection of deals to purchase high-integrity SAF certificates (SAFc). Over five years, companies including AstraZeneca, Autodesk, Bain & Company, BCG, Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase, Live Nation, McKinsey & Company, Meta, Morgan Stanley, Netflix, Novo Nordisk, Samsung Biologics, Watershed, and Workday... [Read More]

Jet2.com said it will use a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at London Stansted Airport this year, 12 months ahead of the UK’s Government’s SAF mandate which is due to be introduced from 2025. The UK’s third largest airline has purchased approximately 650 tonnes of SAF from Shell Aviation, which will be used to add a 1% SAF blend onto a number of departing... [Read More]