Bugaboo, DSM Engineering Materials, Fibrant and Neste have announced their cross-value chain partnership using biofuels. This has enabled the launch of an entire Bugaboo stroller portfolio made with bio-based materials. The majority of the strollers’ plastic parts are made using DSM Engineering Materials’ Akulon® 100% bio-based B-MB polyamide 6 (PA6), which in... [Read More]

Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alder Fuels, a clean tech developer and green crude producer to further test sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The SAF, which has been produced based on Alder Fuels’ proprietary technology, is being readied for global rollout as a drop-in replacement to petroleum-based jet fuel. The testing, which will include... [Read More]

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has taken another step in making the airfreight industry more sustainable with the introduction of goSAF. Customers can set the level of their contribution to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for every cargo shipment they book. This is part of its pledge to tackle climate change, achieving net-zero CO₂ emissions in 2050.... [Read More]

Tour operator TUI and Spanish energy firm Cepsa have signed a new agreement to promote the production and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). These fuels will be produced from circular raw materials that do not compete with food resources, such as used cooking oils, non-food animal waste or biodegradable waste from various industries. TUI has been working to... [Read More]

Breakthrough Energy revealed its first Catalyst project funding will go to LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant. The facility in Soperton, Georgia, will receive a $50 million (€51 million) grant. Breakthrough Energy Catalyst is a programme that brings together corporate and philanthropic organisations to accelerate the deployment of... [Read More]

BASF has introduced CircleStar™ - a dehydration catalyst to process renewable feedstocks. The novel star-shaped catalyst achieves a 99.5% selectivity for the ethanol-to-ethylene (E2E) conversion. With an operating temperature that is more than 25°C lower compared to conventional processes, CircleStar™ helps to decrease the carbon footprint in the bio-ethylene value... [Read More]

Eni has announced plans to build a new biorefinery at its industrial site in Livorno in Italy. Representatives from the energy company met with the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, and the mayors of Livorno, Luca Salvetti, and Collesalvetti, Adelio Antolini, to confirm the details. The feasibility study involves building three new plants for the production of hydrogenated... [Read More]

Airbus has revealed that an A320neo for China Eastern Airlines has been powered by a 5% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) fuel blend. The aircraft recently took off from the company’s Airbus Delivery Centre in Tianjin. SAF is a sustainably-produced aviation fuel made from feedstocks ranging from used fat, oil and grease to municipal and forestry waste. Compared to... [Read More]

TEBO Group of Industries and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have started a new research partnership aimed at driving highly sustainable and carbon-efficient construction and infrastructure technology. The collaboration will bring together TEBO engineers with researchers at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses to explore and develop solutions with the potential... [Read More]

Aberdeen International Airport has received its first commercial delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The SAF was delivered by Air bp and will be blended with traditional jet fuel for Bristow flights to bp’s North Sea offshore operations. bp is the first North Sea operator to voluntarily commit to an ongoing supply of SAF for its North Sea flights, helping... [Read More]

Avfuel Corporation partnered with Sheltair Aviation and Neste to ensure NBAA-BACE attendees had the option to fuel sustainably for the event. Avfuel had two truckload deliveries of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM at Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) in the week of October 10. The deliveries provided a total of 16,000 gallons of SAF to the FBO for its customers... [Read More]

Honeywell has introduced new ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Fuel produced from Honeywell’s ethanol-to-jet process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% on a total lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based jet fuel. Honeywell’s... [Read More]

Gevo has revealed it has in place 375 million gallons per year of predominantly take-or-pay, financeable SAF and hydrocarbon fuel supply agreements. The company added that this level of demand would require multiple plants to be built over the next four years to satisfy those agreements. Among its offtake partners include Trafigura, Kolmar, Delta Airlines, American... [Read More]

TotalEnergies and a company dealing with the collection and valorisation of organic materials into sustainable products have signed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) development agreement. The agreement with SARIA will be focused on production at the Grandpuits zero-crude platform in Seine-et-Marne in France. This agreement will help secure feedstock supply, principally... [Read More]

Cepsa has started to produce advanced biofuels (2G) with used cooking oil at its La Rábida Energy Park plant. The facility, located in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, is an important milestone in the company’s transformation towards a more sustainable energy model and its ambition to promote the circular economy. These sustainable fuels can reduce emissions by up to... [Read More]