In China, CGTN reported that Junheng Biology, a private petrochemical enterprise located in central China’s Henan Province, has successfully converted kitchen waste oils into biodiesel and SAF with self-developed green and low-carbon biofuel technology. Accordding to the firm’s Executive Director Zhang Zhenhui, this initial achievement has been possible after five years of research and development. Junheng Biology is also China’s first private enterprise to obtain SAF airworthiness approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The report added that the firm took the lead in developing high acid-resistant and water-resistant catalysts as well as waste animal and vegetable oil hydrotreating technology. The related products were exported to the European Union, with the operating income exceeding $300 million in 2023.
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