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24 February 202524 February 2025

Haffner Energy, LanzaJet, and LanzaTech Join Forces to Unlock Alcohol-To-Jet SAF Production from Biomass Residues

The three companies are exploring SAF production opportunities

28 October 202423 October 2024

The Evolution of the Biofuel and E-Fuel Production Landscape

Electrification is widely regarded as a leading solution for decarbonizing the on-road transport sector. However, for certain industries, electrification may not be the most viable option, leading to the growing interest in alternative low-carbon fuels like hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels, and e-fuels

6 May 20243 May 2024

LanzaJet Announces Investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Supporting Continued Company Growth

Microsoft’s Latest Investment Supports Scaling and Global Deployment of LanzaJet’s Technology for the Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Renewable Diesel

11 March 20245 March 2024

IAG reaches one-third of 2030 SAF target with major e-SAF deal with Twelve

Under the terms of the fourteen-year contract, Twelve will supply IAG with 785,000 tonnes* of e-SAF to support its five European airlines (British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and LEVEL)

21 January 202220 January 2022

LanzaJet Secures $50M in Funding from Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund

LanzaJet partners with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to enable the transition towards net-zero sustainable fuels

20 October 202119 October 2021

US Secretary of Energy Granholm and US Senator Ossoff Visit LanzaTech Innovation Hub in Georgia and Site of the World’s First LanzaJet Sustainable Fuels Plant

Visit highlights the potential of rural America to create domestic supplies of sustainable fuels and chemicals

3 August 20219 September 2021

LanzaTech UK and Carbon Engineering team to produce SAF from CO2

The companies are investigating a commercial facility in the UK that will produce more than 100 million litres per year of jet fuel made from atmospheric carbon dioxide

21 April 20219 September 2021

Shell Invests in LanzaJet

Shell’s investment further enables LanzaJet’s global growth and aligns with Shell’s strategy to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050

19 February 20219 September 2021

British Airways fuels its future with second sustainable aviation fuel partnership

British Airways will purchase SAF from LanzaJet’s US plant to power a number of the airline’s flights from late 2022

3 June 20209 September 2021

NELC Planning Committee approves waste-to-jet-fuel plant

Altalto Immingham plant gets local council go ahead

4 September 201930 August 2019

Plans submitted for the first waste to jet fuel plant in the UK and Europe

Application comes as British Airways calls for a dedicated Office for Sustainable Aviation

25 September 201725 September 2017

British Airways powers its future by turning household rubbish into jet fuel

Partnership with Velocys, a renewable fuels company, is part of the airline’s plans to develop long-term, sustainable fuel options

15 January 201614 January 2016

BA waste-to-jet fuel project fails to take off

Partnership with Solena Fuels has ended, lack of policy support

23 October 201521 October 2015

The airlines: who’s doing what in aviation biofuels?

Who’s a Major Player, who’s a Pioneer, who’s committed, who’s monitoring the space as a stakeholder? We look at 45 airlines and their efforts in bringing low-carbon fuels to the marketplace

16 October 201415 October 2014

Sugar in Brazilian skies: Is farnesane the fuel of airlines’ future?

Cost, scale and the food-vs-fuel debate are among the roadblocks in the way of more sustainable jet fuel production

4 June 20143 June 2014

Luftfahrtmesse ILA: Abheben mit Biokerosin

Deutlicher Trend zur Effizienzsteigerung und Forschung mit alternativen Treibstoffen sichtbar

4 March 201428 February 2014

Biokraftstoffe aus Abfällen

Europas Müll könnte zwölf Prozent des Spritbedarfs decken

10 January 2013

Up, up and away: aviation biofuels players start building capacity

Great Scott! Look up in the Sky! There hasn’t been a hotter sector in biofuels demand than aviation

30 November 2012

Groundbreaking GreenSky London aviation biofuels plant edges closer to take-off

British Airways commits $500M to fuel from GreenSky London plant

31 August 20129 September 2021

NNFCC gives its top ten of Britain’s most progressive biofuel and biochemical companies

The biotech-player overview in developing, featuring, processing advanced biofuel, biochemical production

3 August 2012

NNFCC Market Review: Biofuels, July 2012

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4 July 2012

British Airways first-of-its-kind waste to jet fuel project finds technology provider

Project GreenSky London to convert up to 500,000 tonnes of waste biomass into 16 million litres of Jet biofuel

5 April 2012

Biofuels part of the solution to tackling emissions from aviation & shipping, say Government advisers

Sustainable biofuels will play an important role in reducing emissions over the forthcoming years

18 February 2010

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