
Feb 3, 2025
Avfuel powers SAF expansion with new supply points
Bioethanol News
Jan 31, 2025
Haffner Energy, LanzaTech and LanzaJet are working together to explore joint biomass-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects covering the entire production value chain.
The three companies are exploring SAF production opportunities, including the development of commercial plants, joint technology licenses and offtake opportunities as they become available, and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 31, 2025
Cosmo Energy Holdings will start supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) from April - marking the first supply of domestically produced green fuel.
Cosmo, Japan's third-biggest oil refiner, plans to start trial SAF production at its Sakai refinery in Osaka as early as this week, a company spokesperson told Reuters.... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 30, 2025
Biofuels International has announced a list of speakers who will speak at the Conference and Expo as well as the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit this year.
These include Neste’s Cornelius Claeys, Ina Chirita from S&P Global, Bo Gleerup, from Nordic Green, Olivier Bobin, from CIRAM, and Eddie Tofpik, from ADM.
The conference and summit will take place on June 24-25.
The... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 30, 2025
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said Heathrow's third runway could be built and be operational in a decade's time.
The extra runway at Heathrow was one of a number of infrastructure projects announced by the chancellor as part of the government's plans to boost economic growth.
A new runway will help increase capacity at the already over-stretched airport, while additional... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 29, 2025
Jord and Votion Biorefineries have announced a strategic partnership to convert Jord’s sustainable C4-grass biomass into biocrude and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
This collaboration aims to accelerate the global energy transition and reduce carbon emissions in hard-to-abate sectors such as transport, aviation, and chemicals.
Jord specialises in cultivating and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 28, 2025
Boeing has become a key project development partner of Norsk e-Fuel, supporting one of Europe’s first industrial scale Power-to-Liquids (PtL) facilities.
Boeing’s investment will accelerate the production and availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the Nordics and globally.
It is also intended to support the commercial aviation industry’s and ICAO... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 28, 2025
The EWABA association has highlighted the need to enable the deployment of cover and intermediate crops in Europe by ensuring the highest sustainability certification requirements.
Increasing decarbonisation targets, especially in the aviation and maritime sectors, will only be achieved with additional volumes of eligible feedstock.
As part of the European Commission’s... [Read More]
Features
Jan 27, 2025
TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM have signed an agreement for the energy company to supply up to 1.5 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over a 10-year period.
This agreement marks one the largest SAF purchase contracts signed by Air France-KLM to date.
In 2022 and 2023, Air France-KLM was the world's leading SAF user, representing 17% and 16% of total... [Read More]
Features
Jan 27, 2025
Virgin Atlantic has shared headline results from Flight100 - the first transatlantic flight that ran on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) last year.
These proved that not only did the SAF used for the flight was safe to use with existing infrastructure and delivered material reductions in CO2, but that it could also improve local air quality, contribute to a reduction... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 24, 2025
The International Aviation Group (IAG) has invested in Wastefront, a leading tyre-to-fuel company, who plan to turn used tyres into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The SAF will be made by converting waste tyres into tyre derived oil, which is then refined into road fuels and SAF.
This deal is another step forward for IAG in its commitment to SAF and enables Wastefront... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 24, 2025
Enilive has announced the commissioning of its first plant to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the Gela biorefinery, in Sicily.
Production has started at the plant, which has a capacity of 400,000 tonnes per year, representing almost a third of the expected European SAF demand in 2025, following the implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation.
Since... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 23, 2025
Moeve will supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Air Nostrum at Melilla Airport.
All Air Nostrum flights departing from this airport last October and November carried 30% of SAF supplied by Moeve.
SAF, produced by Moeve at its La Rábida Energy Park (Huelva) from used cooking oils, is a second-generation biofuel that can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90% throughout... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 23, 2025
Growth Energy has welcomed the executive order urging Environment Protection Agency action on E15.
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Order Declaring a National Energy Emergency, which, in Section 2(b), orders the EPA to “consider issuing emergency fuel waivers... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 22, 2025
Topsoe has signed an agreement with Chuangui New Energy to provide technology and services to produce SAF and renewable diesel.
Located in Qinzhou City in south-west China, Chuangui New Energy company will use Topsoe’s licensing and engineering design services and technologies, including its HydroFlex® technology, proprietary equipment and catalysts enabling production... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 22, 2025
LanzaJet has announced the selection of the site for their next production facility - Project Speedbird in Teesside’s Wilton International.
LanzaJet has partnered with Sembcorp Utilities to develop an ethanol-to-SAF facility at Wilton International in Teesside, UK.
Through a collaboration with British Airways, Project Speedbird will produce over 90,000 tonnes (30... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 21, 2025
The island nation of Taiwan, just off the coast of China (and therein lies a whole other problem) is blessed with some of the windiest places on Earth and consequently, the shallow sea between Mainland China and Taiwan has seen a flurry of windfarm developments over the past eight years.
Taiwan has plenty of sun too: located right on the Tropic of Cancer, it is ideally... [Read More]