Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) and Praj Industries have signed a term sheet to advance plans to strengthen biofuels production capacities in India. Various biofuels covered under this MoU include sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), ethanol, compressed biogas (CBG), biodiesel and bio-bitumen among others. Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman, IndianOil, said: "The collaboration... [Read More]

Victor and Neste are celebrating one year of a successful partnership together. They have now called for commercial airlines to consider replicating their working blueprint - which they believe could significantly accelerate SAF demand globally. Since June 2022, when Victor and Neste launched this first direct-to-consumer SAF blueprint. The average percentage of fossil... [Read More]

Airbus and LanzaJet have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to address the needs of the aviation sector through the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The MoU establishes a relationship between Airbus and LanzaJet to advance building SAF facilities which will use LanzaJet’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology. This agreement also aims to accelerate... [Read More]

Syclus will build and operate a plant for the production of renewable ethylene from sustainable ethanol in Chemelot Industrial Park, Geleen, the Netherlands. With an annual production capacity in the range of 100,000 tonnes, this renewable ethanol-to-ethylene production plant would be a first in Europe, paving the way for a more sustainable way of producing plastics.... [Read More]

Twelve and Washington Governor Jay Inslee have announced plans to scale the production of E-Jet® fuel, Twelve’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from CO2 and renewable energy. A commercial-scale production facility is planned to be built in Moses Lake. The announcement was made during a press conference held at the Washington State exhibit at the 2023 Paris Air... [Read More]

Korean Air has partnered with GS Caltex to conduct test flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The test flights using SAF will be analyzed and the results will be used by the Korean government to establish SAF quality standards and accelerate commercialisation. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on June 29 to cooperate on a series of... [Read More]

India’s first commercial passenger flight was flown using a blend of indigenously produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on May 19. Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) in partnership with Praj supplied a blend of SAF to AirAsia India flight i5-767, which took off from Pune bound for New Delhi. In New Delhi, the Minister of the Union Hardeep Singh Puri received this special... [Read More]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will launch the IATA World Sustainability Symposium (WSS) in Madrid, Spain on 3-4 October. With governments now aligned with the industry’s commitment to decarbonise aviation by 2050, this symposium will facilitate critical discussions, in seven key areas: • The overall strategy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050,... [Read More]

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it will open quarterly application windows for the remaining $450 million (€411 million) provided in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for the Department’s Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) starting on July 1. The programme provides grants to pay up to 75% of the cost of equipment for station... [Read More]

New legislation to tackle waste by improving recycling rates and increasing reuse has been published by the Scottish Government. The Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill was introduced by Lorna Slater MSP, the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity. The ambition of a circular economy is to generate a society where products are used and re-used for... [Read More]

American Express Global Business Travel and Shell Aviation have announced that Bank of America is the first financial institution to join their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme. The programme launched in 2022 with 1 million gallons of SAF available for corporate customers – enough to power almost 15,000 business trips from London-to-New York. Operated on the... [Read More]

Sasol and Topsoe have signed a landmark agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture solidifying their commitment to produce sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The purpose of the Sasol Topsoe venture is to develop, build, own, and operate sustainable aviation fuel plants, and market sustainable aviation fuels derived primarily from non-fossil feedstock, utilising green... [Read More]

Boeing has launched its SAF Dashboard - a tool that tracks expected sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) capacity over the next decade. Based on data collected by BloombergNEF, the Dashboard aggregates total SAF capacity announcements by suppliers on a global scale and can filter anticipated supply by production pathway, location and other metrics. The tool is accessible... [Read More]

Greenergy is to enter the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market through a new plant planned on Teesside. The company has submitted a planning application for two renewable fuel plants located at the same complex. The SAF plant will be the UK’s first plant creating SAF from waste oils and the other for the previously announced advanced biofuels production from end-of-life... [Read More]

New Zealand is one step closer to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. LanzaJet and LanzaTech have been selected by Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to support the second stage of a study to determine commercial viability and sustainability of domestic SAF production in New Zealand. With support from Z Energy NZ, the study... [Read More]

JAL has signed an agreement with Shell Aviation which will see aircraft refueled in Los Angeles with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2025. This move supports JAL’s ESG target of replacing 1% of its whole jet fuel amount with SAF in fiscal year 2025 set in its GX strategy. Under the agreement, Shell will supply JAL with SAF volumes equivalent to its current estimated... [Read More]