20 June 202213 June 2022 Green aviation fuels could save 5 million tonnes of CO2 in 2030 Sustainable fuel manufacturers in Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030, saving about 5 Mt of CO2, a new forecast by Transport & Environment finds
Red Rock Biofuels Holdings, Inc. Awarded U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations Grant Award funds Red Rock Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (“Red Rock”) to Convert Post-Fire Charred Waste Woody Biomass to Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel
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
14 June 20229 June 2022 Topsoe technology to support Cresta’s renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel production in Canada The startup of the site for production of renewable fuels is expected in second half of 2022
8 June 20221 June 2022 Grüner Treibstoff aus Abfall: Forschungsanlage in Simmering eröffnet In der weltweit ersten Forschungsanlage dieser Art in Wien werden im industrienahen Maßstab Abfälle und Reststoffe zu grünen Treibstoffen
7 June 20224 June 2022 New artificial enzyme breaks down tough lignin Researchers from WSU and PNNL showed that their artificial enzyme succeeded in digesting lignin, which has stubbornly resisted previous attempts to develop it into an economically useful energy source
Internationales Konsortium will die Dekarbonisierung der Luftfahrt vorantreiben Im Forschungsprojekt CARE-O-SENE entwickeln Partner aus Deutschland und Südafrika neue Katalysatoren für grüne Flugtreibstoffe
International consortium to advance decarbonisation of the aviation sector CARE-O-SENE research project will develop advanced catalysts for sustainable aviation fuels
4 May 20222 August 2022 Vegetable oil shortage: Implications for fuels and chemicals Vegetable oils are the main feedstock to make bio-diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with tallow being a secondary source
3 May 202226 April 2022 Topsoe supports new production of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel in Ontario, Canada New announced project, called Refuel YYZ, would supply the aviation and terrestrial fuel needs of the Greater Toronto area while lowering the CO2 emissions for the end users by up to 80%
29 April 202228 April 2022 Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
25 April 202221 April 2022 Japan: TotalEnergies and ENEOS to Study Sustainable Aviation Fuel production at ENEOS Negishi Refinery The proposed unit, which capacity would be 300,000 tons per year of SAF, would process waste or residue, mainly used cooking oil and animal fat
TU Delft and TNO prepare industry for scale-up phase of clean factory TU Delft and TNO prepare industry for scale-up phase of clean factory
Saubere Produktionsprozesse in der chemischen Industrie TU Delft und TNO bereiten die Industrie auf die Scale-up-Phase der sauberen Fabrik vor
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
OMV beliefert Austrian Airlines im Rahmen der Partnerschaft mit nachhaltigem Flugzeugtreibstoff Kooperation zwischen Austrian Airlines und OMV, beides Unternehmen die sich nachhaltigen Zielen verschrieben haben, stärkt Österreich als Innovationsstandort
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
INERATEC kooperiert mit Synhelion Beide Klimapioniere können so ihre komplementären Technologien skalieren und den Weg für solare Treibstoffe als Ersatz für fossile Brennstoffe ebnen
30 March 202225 March 2022 Sustainable Aviation Fuels III – Industrial Landscape The demand is already shifting and more people (mainly younger generations) and businesses, recognize and value sustainable and renewable alternatives over fossil-based options
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
16 March 202210 March 2022 A radical, carbon negative project in Turkey is turning algae into bio-jet fuel The country is hoping to use both microalgae and macroalgae to produce a variety of products including fuel, food supplements and fertilisers at its new biorefinery
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
Driving up renewable fuel technology Sulzer Chemtech will provide a BioFlux® technology package to support the creation of the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in Malaysia
10 March 20229 March 2022 SWISS wird als weltweit erste Fluggesellschaft Solartreibstoff von Synhelion nutzen SWISS und die Lufthansa Group haben mit Synhelion eine strategische Zusammenarbeit zur Markteinführung von solarem Treibstoff vereinbart. Das von Synhelion entwickelte Verfahren stellt zukünftig mit Hilfe von konzentriertem Sonnenlicht CO2-neutrales Kerosin her. SWISS und Synhelion nehmen damit eine Vorreiterrolle bei der Produktion und Nutzung von nachhaltigen Treibstoffen ein
9 March 20224 March 2022 Erste industrielle Produktionsstätte für Biokerosin in Deutschland bp Raffinerie in Lingen startet Produktion von nachhaltigem Flugkraftstoff aus gebrauchtem Speiseöl
1 March 202223 February 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
26 January 202221 January 2022 Haldor Topsoe to support Indaba Renewable Fuels’ production of sustainable aviation fuel Company's technology to be installed at 2 SAF biorefineries
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
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
3 January 20221 January 2022 Waste not, want not: New process turns manure into fatty acids Madison researchers have demonstrated a new process for transforming a plentiful Wisconsin waste into fatty acids, energy-rich molecules that can be used to make fuels and a wide range of important chemicals
17 December 202117 December 2021 The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO is Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech Results from survey to choose the most innovative bioeconomy CEO of 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
Erste Studie zum In-Flight-Einsatz von 100 Prozent nachhaltigem Flugzeugtreibstoff (SAF) mit vielversprechenden Ergebnissen Die vorläufigen Ergebnisse einer weltweit ersten Studie zur Untersuchung der Auswirkungen von 100 Prozent nachhaltigem Flugzeugtreibstoff (SAF) auf die beiden Triebwerke eines kommerziellen Passagierflugzeugs sind vielversprechend
1 December 202126 November 2021 Carbon capture and utilisation technologies are solutions to reduce CO2 emissions and move away from fossil resources CCU is a broad term that covers processes that aim at capturing CO2 from flue gas or directly from the air and converting it into a variety of products such as renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials
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
18 November 202115 November 2021 China’s ZPC studies crude to petrochemical technology to cut carbon ZPC is working with China's Tsinghua University to develop crude-to-olefin know-how that is expected to reduce carbon footprint by nearly half during the crude refining process
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
Airbus testet Flugzeug mit Treibstoff auf Pflanzenöl-Basis Bei den derzeit verwendeten Flugzeugen müssen dem SAF bestimmte Stoffe zugesetzt werden, welche die Eigenschaften von Kerosin imitieren
5 November 20213 November 2021 Atmosfair: Eröffnung E-Kerosin Anlage im Video Weltweit erste Produktionsanlage für CO2-neutralen Flugtreibstoff nimmt in Werlte Betrieb auf
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
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
8 October 20211 October 2021 Biosfera setting the course for sustainable aviation and marine fuels BioSFerA: Biofuels production from Syngas FERmentation for Aviation and maritime use
4 October 202129 September 2021 Neste Kapitalmarkttag 2021: Fortschritte bei Strategieumsetzung, Wandel durch Innovation Innovationen sind für den Erfolg des Unternehmens weiter von entscheidender Bedeutung und für mindestens einer seiner Innovationsplattformen möchte man bis 2030 industriellen Maßstab erreichen
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
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