In Canada, British Columbia will be the first jurisdiction in North America to require fuel suppliers to incorporate low carbon jet fuel (LCJF) into fossil jet fuel. British Columbia has also approved a revamped Low Carbon Fuel Regulation, designed to modernize the previous standard. “When the province set a new 2030 transportation emissions reduction target […]
In China, Reuters reported that Bain Capital-backed biofuels refiner EcoCeres has tied up with a waste management firm backed by the Chinese city of Shenzhen to source feedstock as it expands production of low-carbon fuels to meet fast-growing demand. The agreement between Hong Kong-based EcoCeres and Shenzhen Expressway Group, which handles more than 2.5 million […]
In California, Berkeley Lab reported that a recent study by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories revealed which crop-based feedstocks offer the greatest potential for a cost-competitive, renewable alternative to petroleum-based jet fuel, while also maximizing atmospheric carbon removal. The scientists conducted the […]
In Italy, MAIRE announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions BU), through its subsidiary MyRechemical, a leader in waste-to-chemicals, has been awarded a feasibility study for the integration of its proprietary Waste-to-Syngas technology in a large-scale conversion plant that would transform solid municipal waste into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This is the first major project in the […]
In Nevada, Comstock Fuels’ biointermediate refining technology partner, RenFuel K2B AB was awarded a Swedish Energy Agency grant of nearly $480,000 to demonstrate an enhancement of RenFuel’s patented catalytic esterification processes to refine lignin co-products from paper production into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”) at increased yields compared to conventional methods. Comstock Fuels converts lignocellulosic biomass […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the Treasury Department is set to approve the use of the GREET model for calculating feedstock greenhouse gas emissions this week that would allow corn-based ethanol to qualify as a pathway for proposed tax breaks for Sustainable Aviation Fuel under the Inflation Reduction Act. Sources said the department is expected to […]
In France, VINCI Airports, operator of Saint-Nazaire Montoir airport, and TotalEnergies have joined forces to make sustainable aviation fuel available at the airport platform. The biofuel (before mixing) is produced in France by TotalEnergies from waste and residues from the circular economy, such as used cooking oils. In its pure state, this biofuel allows a […]
In Switzerland, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced estimates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production. In 2023, SAF volumes reached over 600 million liters (0.5Mt), double the 300 million liters (0.25 Mt) produced in 2022. SAF accounted for 3% of all renewable fuels produced, with 97% of renewable fuel production going to other sectors. […]
In the UK, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been awarded an engineering package by Alfanar to support the development of the Lighthouse Green Fuels project located in Teesside, UK. The Lighthouse Green Fuels project is one of the first projects underway in the UK aiming to convert biogenic and non-biogenic solid wastes and residues […]
DG Fuels is an emerging leader in renewable hydrogen and biogenic based, synthetic low emissions aviation and diesel fuel, and this deck looks at their second-generation cellulosic biofuel and their market expansion plans, whose hydrogen content is derived from water electrolysis and uses a Fischer Tropsch based process with 96% carbon feedstock conversion efficiency and […]
