Iberia Maintenance to use SAF in its engine test benches news Fayaz Hussain 4 Sep 24 0 Iberia Maintenance announced that it will use 5% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on engine test bench throughout 2024 at the La Muñoza facility near the… Read more
Korean Air operates maiden SAF flight from Seoul news Fayaz Hussain 4 Sep 24 0 Korean Air, South Korean flag carrier, became the first Korean airline to operate commercial flights using domestically produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on its inaugural… Read more
Haffner Energy, IðunnH2 team up for e-SAF Production in Iceland news Fayaz Hussain 4 Sep 24 0 Haffner Energy and IðunnH2 have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of largest e-SAF facility in Iceland. The agreement will leverage Haffner Energy’s… Read more
LanzaTech, SEKISUI to scale up waste-to-ethanol plants in Japan news Fayaz Hussain 4 Sep 24 0 LanzaTech announced a significant partnership with Japanese firm SEKISUI Chemical to deploy multiple commercial-scale waste-to-ethanol plants across Japan. The collaboration aims to transform municipal solid… Read more
Avflight begins offering SAF at Mesa FBO in Arizona news Fayaz Hussain 4 Sep 24 0 Avflight announced that it has begun supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Falcon Field (KFFZ) site in Mesa, Arizona in partnership with fuel supplier Avfuel.… Read more
S. Korea mulls 1% SAF mandate from 2027 onwards news Fayaz Hussain 30 Aug 24 0 South Korea is currently working on a plan to mandate international flights to mix at least 1% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on all international flights… Read more
SAFFiRE breaks ground on Kansas ethanol-to-jet facility news Fayaz Hussain 30 Aug 24 0 SAFFiRE Renewables broke ground on its pilot plant at Conestoga Energy’s Arkalon Energy facility in Liberal, Kansas to transform corn stover into low carbon feedstock… Read more
Euglena, Petronas team up for large-scale Algae biofuel production news Fayaz Hussain 29 Aug 24 0 Japanese algae cultivation firm Euglena Co and Malaysian energy giant Petronas’ subsidiary Petronas Research announced a joint research agreement to develop large-scale production technology for… Read more
Acer, Cathay, Dimerco join forces for SAF news Fayaz Hussain 27 Aug 24 0 ICT company Acer announced that it has partnered with logistics firm Dimerco Express to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on Cathay Cargo flights to reduce… Read more
CAPHENIA installs PBR reactor to produce SAF news Fayaz Hussain 23 Aug 24 0 German clean-tech company CAPHENIA announced that it has reached a significant milestone in its journey towards producing renewable synthetic fuels by installing its custom-built Plasma-Boudouard… Read more
LanzaJet to provide tech for Wagner’s SAF project in Australia news Fayaz Hussain 20 Aug 24 0 LanzaTech Global and LanzaJet announced a new project with Australia’s Wagner Sustainable Fuels to evaluate equipping Wagner’s Brisbane SAF Refinery with the CirculAir platform. The… Read more
Mana, NORCE, and Equinor team up for SAF plant in Norway news Fayaz Hussain 19 Aug 24 0 Waste-to-clean fuels company Mana, research institution NORCE, and energy company Equinor have signed an agreement to a waste-to-SAF plant at Mongstad on the western coast… Read more
GAFT secures €750k from Temasek Foundation to advance SAF tech news Fayaz Hussain 19 Aug 24 0 Dutch technology firm Green Air Fuel Technology (GAFT) announced that it has secured a €750,000 ($1m SGD) grant from Temasek Foundation to accelerate its sustainable… Read more
36 US SAF projects awarded $291m grants under IRA news Fayaz Hussain 16 Aug 24 0 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced $291m grants under the Inflation Reduction Act for as many as 36 sustainable aviation fuel projects to help achieve… Read more
UK proposes to exclude SAF from China biofuel probe news Fayaz Hussain 16 Aug 24 0 The UK government is proposing to remove sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from its ongoing investigation into biodiesel and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) imported from China.… Read more