Boeing is buying 9.4 million gallons (35.6 million litres) of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support its US commercial operations this year. This is the company's largest annual SAF purchase, more than 60% higher than its buy in 2023. The blended fuel – 30% SAF made from waste by-products such as fats, oils, and greases and 70% conventional jet fuel –... [Read More]

Topsoe has signed an agreement with Cepsa to provide its HydroFlex™ technology for the production of SAF and renewable diesel. This will be carried out at Cepsa’s and Bio-Oils’ new second-generation biofuels plant in Palos de la Frontera, Spain. Elena Scaltritti, chief commercial officer at Topsoe, said: “We are excited to have been selected as the technology... [Read More]

Growth Energy is celebrating another successful round of applications for the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP). During the most recent application window, Growth Energy helped write grant applications for 39 different retailers comprising 198 stores—51% of all submissions. The effort could result in more... [Read More]

World Fuel Services (World Fuel) will supply the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) with a further 5,150,000 litres of aviation fuel. The supplied fuel is blended with approximately 40% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), sourced from Neste. This follows a collaboration between World Fuel and the UK MoD that saw the successful delivery of 4,000,000 litres of... [Read More]

Imports of rapeseed meal to the European Union rose around 16% in the first eight months of the running marketing year. Imports from Russia increased especially sharply. In the first eight months of the running marketing year, the EU-27 received around 681,500 tonnes of rapeseed meal, which was 95,600 tonnes more than in the same period a year earlier. At 281,830 tonnes... [Read More]

Japan Airlines (JAL) will launch a new business initiative called the JAL Corporate SAF Programme from April, which certifies the environmental value of CO₂ reduction achieved through the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and provides it to corporate customers in Japan using JAL flights. JAL has been working on reducing its direct (Scope 1) CO₂ emissions from... [Read More]

HGK Shipping is supporting the German government’s decision to approve the alternative fuel - HVO100. Europe’s largest inland waterway shipping company believes that this provides an opportunity to press ahead with decarbonising this mode of transport in the medium term. European inland waterway shipping companies face high investment costs for new drive systems... [Read More]

Daniel Chereau leads IATA's fuel team, which focuses on efficiency and reliability of fuel supply – including the ramp up of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) – and advocating for a competitive market and fair access to infrastructure. He will be speaking on the second day of the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summit to be held in Brussels on June 18-19 What are you... [Read More]

Wizz Air has announced its new aspiration to power 10% of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030 using poo. This new target marks a significant step in Wizz Air’s sustainability strategy, and builds on its ongoing investments in SAF development. To achieve the new goal, the airline is also calling for wider industry action to boost SAF production,... [Read More]

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]

Much of the industry conversation on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is focused on production. Making more molecules available is important, but we also need to unlock the ability to deliver them to the aircraft. Perhaps the supply chain logistics are not as attention grabbing as production itself, but the industry has to focus on all aspects of the supply chain if... [Read More]

The aviation industry has been working on bio-aviation fuels since the late 2000s. The first flight using bio-aviation fuel took off in 2008 - it was flown by Virgin Atlantic from London to Amsterdam. Since then, many more airlines have carried out flights using bio-aviation fuels. In 2009, the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) which sets a cap on how much CO2 can... [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]

Repsol has marked a milestone in the decarbonisation of transport in the Iberian Peninsula with the start of large-scale production of renewable fuels at its industrial complex in Cartagena, Spain. This plant will be the first on the Iberian Peninsula dedicated exclusively to the production of 100% renewable fuels. The company has invested €250 million in the construction... [Read More]

ePURE’s Craig Winneker will be speaking on the second day of the Biofuels International Conference and Expo to be held in Brussels on June 18-19, and he shares his thoughts on the challenges the industry faces Can you outline what you will be addressing at the conference? Regulatory challenges remain, even after the sustainability of crop-based biofuels has been confirmed... [Read More]