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Gulfstream Aerospace took to the skies in one of its jets powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The flight took place on a Gulfstream G650 from its headquarters in Savannah.
“At Gulfstream, leading our industry closer to decarbonisation is a long-standing priority, and testing, evaluating and promoting new developments in SAF takes us another step closer to that goal,” said Mark…
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US ethanol exports declined 3% to a three-month low of 81.4 million gallons (mg) - about 40% less than the volume shipped a year ago, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. All exported US ethanol landed in just 10 countries in November.
Canada secured its place as the US’s top customer for the 20th consecutive month as shipments to Canada increased 8% to 47.9 mg—an unprecedented…
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Liege Airport is the first Belgian airport to distribute sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to its airline customers.
The Belgian airport announced that its aviation fuel installations, as well as its fuelling staff are ready to receive, store and distribute SAF.
Throughout the last few months, its fuel storage facilities have been audited and the fuel receipt, storage…
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Brussels Airlines has started the new year by receiving a delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel using the NATO Central European Pipeline System (CEPS).
The SAF is supplied by CEPS to commercial airports in Europe and these airports can also receive SAF via the pipeline system.
The flag carrier of Belgium which is part of the Lufthansa Group has ambitious sustainability goals including…
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Plans for the world’s first commercial-scale factory to transform waste gases into sustainable jet fuel (SAF) have moved a step closer today.
LanzaTech UK has announced that its DRAGON facility project has received a £25 miilion (€31 miilion) grant from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund Competition.
Project DRAGON, which stands for Decarbonising…
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The UK Government has confirmed the results of the Advanced Fuels Fund competition where Velocys has been awarded £29.5 million (€33.6 million).
Velocys, the sustainable fuels technology company, announced on 12 December that it had received the grant of from the Department for Transport (DfT) Advanced Fuels Fund competition for the Altalto Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project.
This is…
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Demand for renewable ethanol in the EU will increase by 13% from now until 2030, according to a new report from the European Commission.
The EU Agricultural Outlook for Markets, Income and Environment 2022-2032, published by the Commission’s DG for Agriculture and Rural Development, forecasts that demand for renewable ethanol will increase to 7.7 billion litres per year in 2030 before…
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Rolls-Royce has finished building its UltraFan demonstrator engine that will help improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to 10% while running on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The motor boasts a 12ft (fan system, the largest in the world, and it has now been moved from the workshop and into Testbed 80 - a £90 million (€102 million) facility in Derby, UK.
The British company now hopes to…
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Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream Aerospace conducted the first original equipment manufacturer test flight of an ultralong-range business jet powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The test took place on a BR725-powered Gulfstream G650 twin-jet over Gulfstream’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia.
Demonstrating that current Rolls-Royce engines for business jet and large civil…
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The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and its partners from across the port community are testing various low- and zero-emission fuels and technologies.
This is part of the port authority’s efforts to phase out all port-related emissions by 2050 in support of the Government of Canada’s goal to achieve net-zero emissions.
Through the Low-Emission Technology Initiative, a joint initiative…
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Alfa Laval will supply pre-treatment systems, consisting of various equipment such as separators, heat exchangers, pumps and agitators for a US-based renewable fuels and petroleum refining company.
The agreement is with a subsidiary of CVR Energy and the aim is to supply processing systems for feedstock pre-treatment, part of a strategic investment in the refinery supporting CVR’s expansion…
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The world’s first net-zero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year with Virgin Atlantic set to fly one of its Boeing 787 aircraft from London to New York using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The airline has received UK government funding for the flight to show how SAF could replace conventional jet fuel.
It will work with a consortium that includes Rolls-Royce, Boeing,…
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Low-cost Mexican airline Volaris is looking to adopt sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) including a potential deal in the US, Reuters reported.
"We have to work on developing supply in Mexico," CEO Enrique Beltranena said.
Beltranena added that the airline had flown with sustainable fuel just once due to the lack of local availability.
"Really, SAF is an ethanol. And what we don't have in…
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Eni, Euglena and Petronas are jointly studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC).
This is one of the largest integrated refinery and petrochemical developments in Southeast Asia.
The three parties are currently carrying out technical and economic feasibility assessments for the proposed project, with the investment decision…
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LanzaJet has celebrated a major construction milestone at its Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia.
The facility is the world’s first ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant. Construction will be completed in 2023 with commission and startup beginning next year.
The plant will produce 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel per year…
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