Nov 20, 2023
Project Speedbird wins £9m UK funding for SAF production
Bioethanol News
Nov 17, 2023
Alfanar was awarded an additional £8.66 million (€9.9 million) in government funding to support the development of their Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF) advanced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility based on Teesside.
LGF will process up to 1 million tonnes of nationally sourced biogenic and non-biogenic wastes and residues per year, which makes it the largest advanced... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 16, 2023
Emerson has been chosen by DG Fuels to provide comprehensive automation and project engineering to help transportation sector decarbonisation efforts through the production of advanced biofuels.
DG Fuels’ mission is to provide ‘drop-in’ cellulosic sustainable aviation fuels at scale, then expand into renewable or green diesel fuels.
Its advanced conversion process... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 16, 2023
Air France-KLM has made an investment in DG Fuels to support the completion of the developmental work necessary to reach the final investment decision on its initial Louisiana-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant.
Air France-KLM acquired an option to purchase up to 25 million gallons/75,000 tons of SAF annually over a multi-year period beginning in 2029.
This... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 15, 2023
Boeing and Zero Petroleum are to collaborate on testing and analysing the next generation of technologies to accelerate the supply of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
For Boeing, this represents another investment in developing SAF globally to reduce aviation’s lifecycle emissions.
Zero’s technology produces SAF from air and water. The hydrocarbon fuel obtains... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 14, 2023
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot have announced their target of replacing 5% of their total fuel requirements with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by 2030.
This decision is critical to the group’s goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Goh Choon Phong, chief executive officer, Singapore Airlines, said: “This is an important milestone in the SIA... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 14, 2023
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed compatibility testing of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on all its in-production civil aero engine types.
This fulfils a commitment, made in 2021, to demonstrate there are no engine technology barriers to the use of 100% SAF.
A ground test on a BR710 business jet engine at the company’s facility in Canada, completed the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 13, 2023
Boeing has joined the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany (aireg) - underscoring the company’s commitment to partner towards a more sustainable future for air travel and progress on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
aireg and Boeing are driving the development and use of SAS in the country.
“On behalf of the aireg board and our members, I am extremely... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 10, 2023
Executive aviation provider Jetex has become the first to offer sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to customers in the United Arab Emirates.
Building on the success of supplying SAF at selected locations in Europe, Jetex will now offer aircraft operators and private owners the possibility of significantly reducing emissions whenever they operate flights from its flagship... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 8, 2023
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has become a new dedicated partner in the ALIGHT project.
Airbus has a unique expertise and will have a significant impact on the work in ALIGHT towards sustainable aviation.
Airbus has a vast experience within the field of smart usage of sustainable aviation fuels to reduce both CO2 and non-CO2 emissions.
In close collaboration... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 7, 2023
The first Emirates flights operating with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provided by Shell Aviation has taken off from Dubai International Airport (DXB).
Emirates’ flight EK 412 bound for Sydney on 24 October was among the first to operate with SAF.
Shell has supplied 315,000 gallons of blended SAF for use at the airline’s hub in Dubai.
This first ever supply... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 7, 2023
One of Amafilter’s® customers collects and recycles leftover food from hotels and the retail trade, which would normally be sent to landfill or be simply thrown away.
A key component of Amafilter’s filtration process is to filter and separate the solids and the PE from the fat contained in the leftover food.
The customer needed to achieve less than 50 ppm in order... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 6, 2023
Southwest Airlines has announced an offtake agreement with USA BioEnergy for up to 680 million gallons of neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Over the term of the 20-year agreement, once blended with conventional jet fuel, the SAF could produce the equivalent of 2.59 billion gallons of net-zero fuel and avoid 30 million metric tons of CO2.
Southwest plans to begin... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 6, 2023
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued Virgin Atlantic with a permit to fly a world-first transatlantic 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) flight.
Virgin Atlantic plans to fly across the Atlantic from London Heathrow to New York JFK on 28 November to test and showcase the feasibility of flying on 100% SAF.
The permit follows a programme of technical reviews by... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 3, 2023
Wizz Air has taken home the award for Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year for the second consecutive year at the CAPA Asia Aviation Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
The CAPA Environmental Sustainability Awards for Excellence recognise airlines, airports and suppliers who put climate change at the forefront of their business.
Wizz Air was recognised... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 2, 2023
Velocys has launched its new 52,500 sq ft technology facility in Plain City, Ohio that will house the reactor core assembly and catalysis operations which form a critical part of the production process for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The new site enables the consolidation of Velocys’ catalysis services, microchannel reactor core assembly and technology licensing... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 1, 2023
SATORP, a platform jointly owned by Aramco (62.5 %) and TotalEnergies (37.5 %), has for the first time in the region successfully converted used cooking oil through coprocessing into ISCC+ certified Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Last August, the platform successfully co-processed used cooking oil in the Low-Pressure Hydrodesulphurisation Unit (LPHDS), producing SAF,... [Read More]