Feb 21, 2024
Airbus and TotalEnergies sign SAF partnership
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Feb 20, 2024
Aircastle Limited has made an investment commitment to the United Airlines Ventures’ Sustainable Flight Fund.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is an alternative to conventional jet fuel that, on a lifecycle basis, reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with air travel compared to conventional jet fuel alone.
Aircastle now joins 21 other corporate partners... [Read More]
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Feb 19, 2024
Quadrise Plc has signed a Project Development Agreement (PDA) with renewable biofuels specialists, BTG Bioliquids (BTL) and Euthenia Energy Group.
Quadrise and BTL entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) last year to investigate the use of BTL's fast pyrolysis bio-oil (FPBO) as a potential cost-effective renewable feedstock for Quadrise's bioMSAR™ solution.... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2024
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) is investing in the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight FundSM - the first of its kind venture fund focused on funding startups dedicated to the scale up of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Natixis CIB joins a group of 22 investors consisting of industry leaders across the aviation value chain including OEMs,... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2024
Jet Zero Australia has executed a first-of-a-kind licence and engineering agreement for Australia between Jet Zero and LanzaJet.
The agreement will progress the development of Project Ulysses - a North Queensland sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project using LanzaJet’s Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) technology that converts the bioethanol into SAF and renewable diesel.
The... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2024
Raízen and Wärtsilä have signed an agreement in order to advance decarbonisation of the marine sector.
By studying the effects of ethanol application as a marine fuel, the new initiative aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), provide novel options to customers seeking sustainable fuel alternatives and substantively contribute to the discussion of the energy... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2024
Velocys has begun a new chapter following the completion of its take-private on 18 January.
As part of the transaction, a new consortium of growth investors, including Carbon Direct Capital, Lightrock, GenZero and Kibo Investments, has infused Velocys with $40 million (€37 million) of growth capital.
The funds will be used to accelerate the delivery of Velocys’... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2024
American Carbon Alliance (ACA) CEO Tom Buis has released the following statement in response to the recent Farm to Fly Act announcement.
The new legislation aims to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) development through existing US Department of Agriculture (USDA) programmes.
The Farm to Fly Act will clarify federal SAF language and encourage collaboration between... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2024
Neste and Amelia, a French regional airline, have closed an agreement for the supply of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™.
Amelia has been using the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all its flights departing from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol since 1 January.
This collaboration contributes to Amelia’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of its... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2024
Lhyfe and SAF+ International Group (SAF+) have combined their expertise to develop the production of e-SAF from green and renewable hydrogen, at a production site located in the Le Havre area.
This is the first announcement of its kind for Lhyfe.
SAF+ brings together cutting-edge technical expertise to provide e-SAF and help reduce the carbon footprint of the aviation... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2024
Emirates has become the first international airline to join The Solent Cluster, a UK initiative focused on low carbon investments established to reduce CO2 emissions from industry, transport and households in the south coast of England.
The Solent Cluster is a cross-sector collaboration of international organisations, including manufacturers and engineering companies,... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2024
Enerkem will be retiring its Alberta Biofuels (EAB) plant in Edmonton.
The EAB facility achieved its main objective of completing the commercial scale-up of Enerkem’s industry-leading technology.
With more than 15,000 hours of operation producing ethanol and methanol (ISCC EU and ISCC PLUS certified), the plant facilitated the validation by strategic industry players... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2024
POET and Summit Carbon Solutions have announced a new partnership connecting the world’s largest biofuel producer with the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project.
This collaboration will capture the value of the biogenic CO2 from the bioethanol production process.
The partnership expands the carbon opportunity across the Midwest by incorporating POET’s... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2024
Sugar Valley Energy aims to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the airline industry.
The project could produce up to 61 million gallons of SAF annually.
The move will help address a key objective of the aviation industry, which aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“Ultimately, diversifying our product offering to the broadest possible customer... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2024
Jet Zero Australia attended the ground-breaking of LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels Project.
This is the Australian company’s primary reference plant for its flagship Project Ulysses Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in North Queensland, Australia.
LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Project is the first commercial scale plant to fully commercialise... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2024
LanzaJet has opened its Freedom Pines Fuels plant - the world’s first ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility.
This ethanol-based technology is the world’s first viable next-generation SAF technology capable of scaling production to the levels needed to decarbonise aviation through widely available and sustainable feedstock, emerging commercial... [Read More]
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Jan 24, 2024
Ryanair and Enilive, a company directly controlled by Eni, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the long-term supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at selected Ryanair airports across Italy.
This agreement with Enilive will enable Ryanair to access to up to 100,000 tonnes of SAF between 2025 and 2030.
SAF is a concrete solution to contribute to the decarbonisation... [Read More]