Liquid Sun secures €4m for eSAF production news Fayaz Hussain 28 Nov 24 0 Voima Ventures announced €4m ($4.2m) investment in Finnish green technology company Liquid Sun to accelerate the development of sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF). The funding will… Read more
Invizyne Technologies awarded $2m to advance SAF production news Fayaz Hussain 20 Nov 24 0 US-based cell-free biomanufacturing company Invizyne Technologies has been awarded a $2m grant from the US Department of Defense’s BioMADE initiative to support the development of… Read more
Watershed facilitates SAFc purchase for Blackrock, Samsara news Fayaz Hussain 18 Nov 24 0 Enterprise sustainability platform Watershed has facilitated purchase of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) on behalf of customers including BlackRock, Ripple, Samsara and Block. “We see… Read more
Montana Renewables to expand SAF capacity news Fayaz Hussain 13 Nov 24 0 Calumet Speciality announced financial results for the third quarter of 2024 wherein it reported that it plans to supplement sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capacity… Read more
Virgin Australia, Qatar Airways team up for SAF news Fayaz Hussain 25 Oct 24 0 Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways have announced plans to strengthen their strategic partnership by collaborating on a range of sustainability initiatives focused on areas such… Read more
SAF tech firm Universal Fuel raises $3m news Fayaz Hussain 22 Oct 24 0 California-based Universal Fuel Technologies (Unifuel) announced the successful closure of a $3m seed funding round from TO venture capital to secure ASTM certification and set… Read more
Brazil’s BNDES approves $45.2m for Acelen’s SAF project news Fayaz Hussain 21 Oct 24 0 The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has announced a significant investment of R$257.9m ($45.2m) for Brazilian energy company Acelen to establish an agro-industrial center in Montes… Read more
A4E CEOs urge EU to prioritise SAF news Fayaz Hussain 21 Oct 24 0 European airline trade association Airlines for Europe (A4E) has called on the European Union to prioritise the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by making… Read more
DOE announces $3bn for Gevo, Montana Renewables opinion Fayaz Hussain 21 Oct 24 0 There are lots of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) companies that only came to life because of friends and family investors. But these rounds can only… Read more
bp to invest around $120m in FOG collection sites news Fayaz Hussain 17 Oct 24 0 US-based waste-to-energy company Downey Ridge Environmental Company (Greasezilla) and bp announced a new agreement to capture and convert brown grease waste from restaurants into sustainable… Read more
Chevron invests in Terviva to expand pongamia cultivation for biofuels news Fayaz Hussain 16 Oct 24 0 California-based agriculture innovation company Terviva announced that it has secured a significant investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group to expand its pongamia cultivation operations. This… Read more
New Zealand’s only refinery to be repurposed for biofuel production news Fayaz Hussain 1 Oct 24 0 The former Refining New Zealand site at Marsden Point could be making a comeback with renewable biofuels. Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited (CHI), who owns the… Read more
Airlines, corporates willing to pay the SAF premium opinion Fayaz Hussain 23 Sep 24 0 Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is expensive. It comes at a premium. Costly feedstocks, high capex requirements and risk premiums on credit are key cost determinants.… Read more
AM Green acquires Chempolis; to invest $1bn in SAF news Fayaz Hussain 23 Sep 24 0 Indian energy transition solutions provider AM Green Technology and Solutions announced the acquisition of Finnish Chempolis Oy and Fortum 3 B.V. with plans invest $1bn… Read more
Comstock, SACL to develop three SAF projects in Australia news Fayaz Hussain 20 Sep 24 0 Comstock announced today that its subsidiary, Comstock Fuels Corporation, has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based renewable fuel project developer SACL to invest in… Read more