10 November 20227 November 2022 Neste to supply the Air France-KLM Group with more than 1 million tons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Neste to supply the Air France-KLM Group with more than 1,000,000 tons (approximately 1.26 billion liters) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ over a period of 8 years starting in 2023
28 October 202225 October 2022 Topsoe to support first sustainable aviation fuel-production in Brazil Topsoe’s hydroprocessing technology will allow the new biorefinery to produce the low-carbon fuels while at the same time recycling gases and liquids from the process for production of hydrogen
4 October 202228 September 2022 Global Bioenergies: Successful completion of REWOFUEL project Conversion of wood residues into sustainable high-performance components for road and aviation fuels, and participation to the decarbonization efforts of ground and air transportation
21 September 202219 September 2022 Nel ASA: Receives purchase order for a containerized electrolyser for sustainable aviation fuel production The new device will be installed at the world’s first commercial “Alcohol-to-Jet” production plant for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), built by LanzaJet
30 August 202222 August 2022 Bolen: ‘Genuine Progress’ on Sustainable Fuels With Signing of Inflation Reduction Act Into Law The expansive legislative package addresses a wide range of issues, including inflation reduction, domestic energy production and manufacturing, carbon emissions reductions, Medicare and health care costs, and tax loopholes
8 August 20221 August 2022 Neste to acquire Walco Foods to strengthen its renewable raw material sourcing The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions and regulatory approval
22 July 202220 July 2022 Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement Twelve will also work with the companies toward a demonstration flight proving viability of commercial use of e-fuel, and to provide low carbon jet fuel for Microsoft's business travel on Alaska
Fit for 55: Parliament pushes for greener aviation fuels However, MEPs excluded feed and food crop-based fuels, and those derived from palm oil, soy-derived materials and soap stock, because they do not align with the proposed sustainability criteria
11 July 20229 July 2022 Neste invests in its world scale renewable products refinery in Rotterdam Neste Corporation has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers' higher climate ambitions
1 July 202225 June 2022 Transforming Yesterday’s Emissions into Tomorrow’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel: United Announces Agreement with CO2 Utilization Company Dimensional Energy Dimensional Energy combines revolutionary carbon utilization technology with a century-old process, repurposing it to make sustainable aviation fuel - United has invested more in sustainable aviation fuel production than any other airline in the world
17 June 202215 June 2022 SGP BioEnergy Announces World’s Largest Advanced Biofuel Production Facility Once complete in five years, Biorefineria Ciudad Dorada in Panama, will be the largest advanced biorefinery and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production platform in the world - producing 180,000 barrels per day
17 May 202219 May 2022 Ensuring sustainability is central to Neste – company statement to correct and clarify some issues raised in an article by The Guardian The article’s claim that Neste’s palm oil suppliers had been involved in significant deforestation between 2019 and 2020 has already responded in 2020, when they were first presented
22 April 202219 April 2022 OMV supplies Austrian Airlines with sustainable aviation fuel under the partnership agreement Cooperation between Austrian Airlines and OMV, both committed to sustainable goals, further strengthens Austria as an innovation hub
8 April 20224 April 2022 Turning Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Fuel: United and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures Announce Collaboration with Biotech Firm to Create New Fuel Sources Houston-based Cemvita Factory’s synthetic biology process has the potential to create a new way to produce sustainable fuel for aviation - United has invested in more SAF production than any other airline
7 April 20221 April 2022 INERATEC joins forces with Synhelion By combining their complementing technologies, the climate pioneers can scale their respective clean technologies, paving the way for solar fuels to replace fossil fuels
22 March 202218 March 2022 TotalEnergies Begins Producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel At Its Normandy Platform TotalEnergies' Normandy platform has successfully started production of sustainable aviation fuel1 (SAF). This new site complements the biojet fuel production capacities of La Mède biorefinery (Bouches-du-Rhône) and the Oudalle plant (Seine-Maritime)
18 March 202214 March 2022 Sustainable Aviation Fuels II – Technological Landscape In this second instalment in the SAF series, we will look at the current technological pathways used to produce SAF. We will also look at hydrogen-based technologies which are being actively researched
15 March 202210 March 2022 Sustainable Aviation Fuels I – Policy Landscape The regulatory landscape surrounding SAF is rapidly evolving and provides the bedrock for the exponential expansion of the SAF market
10 March 20229 March 2022 SWISS to be the world’s first airline to use Synhelion solar fuel SWISS and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with the Synhelion company to bring its solar aviation fuel to market. The process devised by Synhelion uses concentrated sunlight to produce carbon-neutral kerosene. With this collaboration, SWISS and Synhelion are playing a pioneering role in the production and the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels
9 March 20224 March 2022 Erste industrielle Produktionsstätte für Biokerosin in Deutschland bp Raffinerie in Lingen startet Produktion von nachhaltigem Flugkraftstoff aus gebrauchtem Speiseöl
24 February 202223 February 2022 Aemetis India to Acquire Site for Biodiesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Feedstock Refining Facility India biodiesel plant adds pre-treatment facility to convert crude tallow into refined tallow for biodiesel production and export of feedstock to California
22 February 202222 February 2022 LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) partner to build an integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois This partnership will utilize carbon capture and sequestration, renewable energy, and other innovative practices to bring lower-cost, low carbon-intensity sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and other sustainable hydrocarbons to the global market and help accelerate the decarbonization of various industries, including the tough to decarbonize aviation sector
11 February 20227 February 2022 Microsoft and Shell are betting on a company making greener jet fuel LanzaJet recently received $50 million in funding from Microsoft, adding to previous investments from Shell and a handful of other energy companies and airlines
12 January 20226 January 2022 How bio-waste could fuel your next flight Bio-waste is the next fuel for the global air transport industry if it wants to achieve net-zero emissions as promised in October 2021
13 December 20219 December 2021 First study on in-flight use of pure sustainable aviation fuel in a passenger jet shows early promise Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided promising early results
8 December 20216 December 2021 Enerkem achieves a major breakthrough by producing sustainable aviation fuel from local forest biomass The research is part of The Sky’s the Limit Challenge organized by Natural Resources Canada and for which Enerkem was selected as a finalist
25 November 202122 November 2021 Repsol and Iberia make the first flight with biofuel produced from waste in Spain This low-carbon footprint flight is a further step towards the decarbonization of the aviation sector thanks to the use of biofuels and improved energy efficiency. It has resulted in a re-duction in emissions of 1.4 tons of CO2
16 November 202112 November 2021 SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech to explore synthetic sustainable aviation fuel production "This initiative shows the potential of cross industry partnerships to drive the decarbonization of a hard-to-abate sector" says Anna Borg
8 November 20214 November 2021 First A319neo flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel The compatibility of the fuel with usual aircraft systems will be in charge of preparing as it today still needs additives to get the properties of traditional kerosene
4 November 202128 October 2021 ADM, Gevo Sign MoU to Produce up to 500M Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel ADM Columbus and Cedar Rapids dry mills as well as ethanol assets from Decatur operations would transition from fuel ethanol to serving growing demand for lower-carbon aviation fuel
28 October 202127 October 2021 Global Bioenergies makes breakthrough on the road toward biojet fuel Global Bioenergies plans a larger plant for 2024, that will be able to produce thousands of tonnes and serve the vastly bigger skincare and haircare markets
27 October 202122 October 2021 Is the first fossil-free jet fuel made from CO2 viable? The US Air Force thinks so Twelve and EFT in partnership with the US Air Force’s Operational Energy office have produced the first fossil-free jet fuel from carbon dioxide using an electrochemical process
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
13 October 202111 October 2021 Advanced Biofuels USA’s Online Free Library Passes 40,000 Indexed Items Milestone Offering topics from Aviation Fuel (Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)), BioChemicals/Renewable Chemicals and BioRefineries/Renewable Fuel Production to yeast, yellow grease, yields, Zambia, zeolites and Zimbabwe
12 October 202111 October 2021 Neste announces groundbreaking global partnership with TripActions and Reed & Mackay to provide SAF to TripActions Group customers "As a group, TripActions strongly believes in supporting the sustainability efforts of our customers" Said Ariel Cohen, TripActions Co-founder and CEO "SAF has emerged as a promising lower-emission alternative to fossil fuel and as an innovation leader [...]”
11 October 20216 October 2021 EU Commission, industry clash over green jet fuel mandate EWABA, which represents over 35 companies from the waste-based and advanced biofuels supply chain, says the inclusion of fuels made from waste lipids, such as used cooking oils and tallow, will essentially ringfence the industry for big suppliers and harm efforts to decarbonise vehicles and ships
4 October 202129 September 2021 Neste Capital Markets Day 2021: Delivering on strategy and renewal through innovation Company is targeting commercial-scale operations in at least one of their current innovation business platforms by 2030
21 September 202116 September 2021 United, Honeywell Invest in New Clean Tech Venture from Alder Fuels, Powering Biggest Sustainable Fuel Agreement in Aviation History United agrees to purchase 1.5 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over 20 years - which is one and a half times the size of the rest of the world's airlines' publicly announced SAF commitments combined
15 September 202113 September 2021 Pertamina successfully tests Bioavtur J2.4 palm-based SAF In line with the goal of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Number 7 ‘Clean and Affordable Energy’, Pertamina’s Bioavtur J2-4 production contributes to efforts to reduce carbon emissions
14 September 202113 September 2021 Chevron, Gevo Announce Intent to Pursue Sustainable Aviation Fuel Investment New facilities intent to process inedible corn to produce sustainable aviation fuel, which can lower the lifecycle carbon intensity of fuels used in the aviation industry
3 September 20219 September 2021 Velocys: SAF collaboration with Toyo advances to commercial stage Velocys announced on Aug. 31 that its collaboration partner, Toyo Engineering Corp., is starting the advanced engineering and design phase of a commercial scale biorefinery in Japan to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
18 August 202113 August 2021 Gevo’s Luverne Facility Re-Starts Production Operations The produced renewable isobutanol (“IBA”) will be used as a feedstock for Gevo to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable premium gasoline to fulfill existing sales contracts
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
2 August 20219 September 2021 What 6 aviation executives say about an EU sustainable aviation fuel blending mandate The European Union’s announced its “Fit for 55” package of regulatory proposals on 14 July 2021. A part of this plan is a blending mandate for sustainable aviation fuel. Here's what six experts think of the proposal.
22 July 20219 September 2021 Boeing and SkyNRG Partner to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuels Globally Partnership builds on Boeing's industry leadership and SkyNRG's pioneering approach to scaling SAF demand and supply
21 July 20219 September 2021 Air bp announces NetJets Europe first to purchase its ISCC PLUS certified sustainable aviation fuel The SAF is supplied from bp’s Castellon refinery and made available within the Spanish airport network, following ISCC PLUS methodology
16 July 20219 September 2021 LEAK: EU to propose aviation fuel tax in green policy push A draft of the Commission’s tax proposal takes aim at aviation, which escapes EU fuel taxes
13 July 20218 July 2021 ANA Conducted a Flight Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel Produced from Microalgae The ANA flight was the first flight in the world to use SAF certified to meet ASTM D7566 Annex71 jet fuel specifications
24 June 202117 March 2025 Covenant Energy chooses Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ solution to produce renewable diesel with low carbon footprint With HydroFlex™, customers can convert low value feedstocks to renewable fuels that qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit
18 June 202119 October 2021 From Waste-to-Chemicals to Waste-to-Jet Partners repurpose the Rotterdam waste-to-chemicals project to waste-to-jet based on substantial targets and demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, expected support for Recycled Carbon Fuels and a full scope, ‘in-house’ technical solution to be provided by Enerkem and Shell