Johnson Matthey (JM) has announced that DG Fuels has selected its award-winning Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology – co-developed with bp – for DG Fuels’ first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in St James Parish, Louisiana. The plant will be the largest deployment of FT CANS to date, seven times larger than any previously announced project using this... [Read More]

Work has commenced in earnest at the only dedicated private jet terminal at Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man, as a private group embarks on plans to modernise and expand the FBO facility – originally built in 2015. The enhanced Private Jet Centre will include a host of sustainable features, including the ability to calculate and offset carbon emissions (with a proprietary... [Read More]

Solarig has reached an agreement with SOMACYL to acquire 116,000 square metres for its NUMANTIA SAF project. The plant will be built in Parque Empresarial del Medio Ambiente (PEMA) in Soria, Spain. Additionally, Solarig will have its new regional corporate headquarters in one of the dedicated dome buildings currently under construction. The SAF plant will have an estimated... [Read More]

ABB has signed an agreement with Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production sites in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), ABB will explore how its automation, electrification and digital technology – including the ABB Ability™ System 800xA® distributed control... [Read More]

Southwest Airlines Co. has announced the acquisition of SAFFiRE Renewables (SAFFiRE) as part of the investment portfolio of its wholly owned subsidiary Southwest Airlines Renewable Ventures (SARV). SARV is dedicated to creating more opportunities for Southwest® to obtain scalable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAFFiRE is part of a project supported by the Department... [Read More]

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) and the Global Transport Solutions (GTS) Group, encompassing Marinetrans and Best Global Logistics (BGL), are to extend their collaboration on AFKLMP's Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme. This collaboration underscores a mutual commitment to sustainability and supports GTS’s Going Green initiative. The continuation of... [Read More]

Ryanair has announced that it has purchased 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Shell, which will be supplied to the airline at its Stansted Airport base. This purchase follows the MoU agreement made between the companies in 2022, providing Ryanair with unique access to purchase up to 360,000 tonnes of SAF from Shell between 2025 and 2030. The announcement,... [Read More]

Emirates has commenced the activation of its fuel agreement with Neste at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Over 2 million gallons of blended SAF will be supplied into the fuelling system at the Dutch Airport over the course of this year. The airline will track the delivery of SAF into the fuelling systems and environmental benefits using standard industry accounting methodologies.... [Read More]

LanzaTech UK has been granted permission to setup a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility on a former-industrial site at Crown Wharf. Work on the new facility is due to commence this winter and production is scheduled to begin two years’ later. The proposed alcohol-to-jet facility in Port Talbot will produce about 100 million litres of SAF per annum - about 10%... [Read More]

INEOS is looking to close its ethanol plant at the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex in the UK, it has been reported. The proposed closure is in response to a reduction in demand for ethanol in Europe along with increasing pressure from imports of ethanol from other regions, which has led the business at Grangemouth to run at a loss for several years. The plant is... [Read More]

A first of its kind breakfast at Heathrow, named The Fly Up, which is cooked with oil that is then cleaned and recycled into renewable biofuels has taken off. The Heathrow Fly Up has been created in partnership with chef Heston Blumenthal to create awareness of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). In the UK aviation sector’s latest net zero roadmap, SAF is the single... [Read More]

SUSTAINBLE fuels producer Renovare Fuels has launched an equity raise of some £6 million (€7 million). The company’s technology turns biodegradable waste from homes and industry into advanced renewable biofuels. This investment is set to “unlock a pipeline of its cutting-edge technology” to drive sustainable fuel projects throughout the UK and Europe, worth... [Read More]

Jet Zero Australia has achieved a significant milestone by successfully receiving funding commitments of A$29 million (€17.5 million). This is a crucial step towards advancing the engineering activities of Jet Zero Australia’s flagship Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project, Project Ulysses, in North Queensland, Australia. Funding will also... [Read More]

Apeiron AgroCommodities, one of the largest used cooking oil collectors in Asia, and Jet Zero Australia have partnered on a project under a proposed 50:50 joint venture. This partnership’s aim is developing low carbon intensity feedstocks in Australia to help meet the demand for renewable fuels, including the sourcing of waste oils and production of non-edible crops... [Read More]

Willis Sustainable Fuels has revealed that Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has approved the plans for its Carbonshift PtL SAF refinery project at Teesworks in Tees Valley, England. The approval is a critical step in the development of the refinery project, which is currently estimated to have annual production capacity of fourteen kilotons (approximately five million... [Read More]

International Airlines Group (IAG) announced its largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) purchase agreement to date, with e-SAF (power-to-liquid) producer Twelve, which will supply advanced e-SAF made from made from carbon dioxide, water and renewable energy. Under the terms of the 14-year contract, Twelve will supply IAG with 785,000 tonnes of e-SAF to support its five... [Read More]

Southwest Airlines Co. has launched Renewable Ventures (SARV), which is dedicated to creating more opportunities to obtain sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The carrier also announced a $30 million (€27 million) investment in LanzaJet as part of the SARV investment portfolio. "Our launch of SARV and our investment in LanzaJet demonstrate that we are not sitting on... [Read More]