Balance your risks and rewards,” advises Topsoe’s Henrik Guldberg Petersen at ABLC Next 2023 in San Francisco, addressing the challenges of feedstock as a very scarce resource, making every carbon atom count for lower CI; the challenges of process operational robustness, and continuous optimization of operations; plus, the opportunities in 100% SAF going through approvals, […]
In Belgium, one year ago, Brussels Airport announced the first delivery of sustainable aviation fuel via the NATO pipeline. However, the high price of SAF remains an obstacle and slows down its use by airlines. To accelerate the sustainable development of the aviation sector and encourage the use of sustainable fuel, Brussels Airport Company, thanks […]
In Texas, Infinium and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst recently announced a $75 million project equity investment commitment to support Infinium’s Project Roadrunner, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. Project Roadrunner will convert waste carbon dioxide (CO2) and renewable power into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other low-carbon fuels. This first-of-a-kind commercial-scale Power-to-Liquids (PtL) eFuels […]
In France, the Air France-KLM Group’s airlines will have incorporated around 80,000 metric tons of SAF in 2023– nearly double the amount in 2022 – making the group the world’s largest SAF user for the second year in a row. Throughout the year, the Group continued to secure future SAF supplies to meet its target […]
In the UK, Wizz Air recently announced a £5 million investment in a biofuel company, Firefly. This is Wizz Air’s first equity investment in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) research and development. The partnership with Firefly will allow the airline to supply SAF to its UK operations from 2028, up to 525,000 metric tons over 15 years. […]
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 […]
