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Mabanaft expands aviation fuel supply to airlines at Frankfurt Airport

Mabanaft expands aviation fuel supply to airlines at Frankfurt Airport

April 22, 2025 |

In Germany, Mabanaft said it had started the supply of jet fuel and a HEFA SPK Blend to airlines at Frankfurt Airport in January 2025. Since the beginning of the year, Mabanaft has worked closely with its partner Skytanking to ensure safe and timely operations for its customers at Frankfurt Airport. Key milestones so far […]

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Syzygy Plasmonics’ unit sets new standard for SAF production efficiency

Syzygy Plasmonics’ unit sets new standard for SAF production efficiency

April 22, 2025 |

In Texas, Syzygy Plasmonics said it has successfully completed performance testing of what it claims to be the world’s largest all-electric GHG e-Reforming demonstration unit in Houston. After over 3000 hours of rigorous trials in Houston and Ulsan, South Korea with its Rigel Reactor, the unit demonstrates a critical breakthrough in low-cost, high-yield sustainable aviation […]

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FatHopes Energy, AmSpec collaborate to boost SAF production in Asia Pacific

FatHopes Energy, AmSpec collaborate to boost SAF production in Asia Pacific

April 22, 2025 |

In Malaysia, Renewable Energy Magazine reported that Malaysia’s biofuel feedstock aggregator, FatHopes Energy, signed an agreement with AmSpec Group, a service provider in the testing, inspection, and certification sector, to enhance the efficiency and scalability of SAF production across the region. The report noted that the collaboration aims to develop a comprehensive feedstock library and […]

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Technip Energies awarded a FEED contract for Jet Zero’s SAF project in Australia

Technip Energies awarded a FEED contract for Jet Zero’s SAF project in Australia

April 22, 2025 |

In France, Technip Energies said it has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Jet Zero Australia for Project Ulysses, a bioethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project located in Townsville, Australia. The FEED covers an extensive package of engineering activities, documentation and planning to refine the cost estimate for the project and […]

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Army CH-47F Chinook refueled with SAF in Australia

Army CH-47F Chinook refueled with SAF in Australia

April 22, 2025 |

In Australia, the Ministry of Defense reported that an Army CH-47F Chinook refueled with about 3000 lbs of sustainable aviation fuel at RAAF Base East Sale in southern Victoria last month. In a joint initiative with the Air Force and Joint Capabilities Group, Army is making regular use of the recently certified fuel, according to […]

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Egypt’s ministers coordinate on SAF production

Egypt’s ministers coordinate on SAF production

April 22, 2025 |

In Egypt, Egypt today reported that Egypt’s ministers of petroleum, environment, and civil aviation held a joint meeting at the Ministry of Petroleum’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to coordinate efforts on the ongoing SAF production project. The project, currently being implemented by the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), forms a core part of […]

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U.S. SAF market to reach $7 billion by 2030, study finds

U.S. SAF market to reach $7 billion by 2030, study finds

April 22, 2025 |

In New Jersey, Aviation on Line reported that a new report predicts the U.S. sustainable aviation fuel market will grow to a value of $6.97 billion by the end of the decade. The study by management consultancy MarketsandMarkets appraised the value of the SAF market last year at under a billion dollars. While biofuels have […]

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Farmers already harvested 38% of wheat area in India, minister says

Farmers already harvested 38% of wheat area in India, minister says

April 20, 2025 |

In India, Business Standard reported that India has harvested 38% of the total wheat area of an estimated 32 million hectare so far in the ongoing 2025-26 marketing season, according to the country’s Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Wheat “harvesting conditions are better” in key growing states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, […]

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Trade war to negatively impact US sorghum sales to China

Trade war to negatively impact US sorghum sales to China

April 20, 2025 |

In Illinois, Reuters reported that U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China comes at a bad time for sorghum growers in the country.  The report noted that China accounted for nearly 90% of U.S. sorghum exports last year. Those purchases have largely ground to a halt, due to the tariffs war between the two […]

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Abiove reduces Brazil’s soybean harvest forecast

Abiove reduces Brazil’s soybean harvest forecast

April 20, 2025 |

In Brazil, Noticias Agricolas reported that Brazil’s 2025 soybean crop was estimated at a record 169.6 million tons, but with a slight reduction of 0.8% in the forecast compared to the March figure, according to a monthly update from the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). Production in 2025, with the harvest almost complete, […]

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