US to release guidance on SAF subsidies this week opinion Fayaz Hussain 15 Apr 24 0 In January there was a lot of celebration from US ethanol producers. After 18 months of waiting, they were told that using ethanol as a… Read more
SAF gains traction in Japan and South Korea opinion Fayaz Hussain 6 Apr 24 0 Japan’s ENEOS Corporation has big SAF ambitions. It is already the largest oil and gas company in the country. The 188-year-old business is aiming for… Read more
European Ethanol producers take ReFuel Aviation to court over SAF definition opinion Fayaz Hussain 26 Mar 24 0 European renewable ethanol producers are taking the EU to court, challenging the RefuelEU Aviation Regulation. They argue the regulation unfairly excludes their products, crop-based biofuels,… Read more
Coupling investment with long-term demand certainty opinion Oscar Henderson 15 Mar 24 0 Everyone who attended SAF Investor London 2024 two weeks ago wants SAF development to speed up. But the conference highlighted how difficult it is to… Read more
Lignin conversion breakthrough: SAF gets cost-competitive opinion Fayaz Hussain 19 Feb 24 0 Charles Cai’s career is dedicated to breaking down walls. Plant walls. As adjunct professor of chemical and environmental engineering at University of California Riverside he… Read more
SAF gets ‘strategic’ tag in EU’s plan to cut carbon emissions opinion Fayaz Hussain 14 Feb 24 0 In a landmark decision, the European Union has declared sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) a strategic technology in its fight against climate change. This pivotal move,… Read more
UK’s SAF Policy: Caught between ready HEFA and a hard place opinion Fayaz Hussain 2 Feb 24 0 The British have been obsessed with fish and chips for decades. Charles Dickens even wrote about a “fried fish warehouse” in Oliver Twist in 1839. So you would… Read more
Germany gives major boost to PtL projects in Budget adjustment opinion Fayaz Hussain 26 Jan 24 0 Germany’s budget for 2024 (especially its funding for green projects) has taken a rollercoaster ride, twisting and turning in response to a court ruling that… Read more
Sustainable Aviation Fuel takes flight: A 2023 Review opinion Fayaz Hussain 12 Jan 24 0 Statistically, your new year’s resolutions will have already slipped. But it is still worth looking back on 2023. Global SAF production tripled in 2023, reaching… Read more
GREET news for ATJ: Industry welcomes US tax credit guidance for SAF opinion Fayaz Hussain 21 Dec 23 0 Having kept the industry waiting for 18 months, the Biden Administration suddenly announced its blueprint on tax credits for US-based ethanol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)… Read more
AtJ SAF’s future hangs in balance as US decides IRA tax credits for ethanol opinion Fayaz Hussain 15 Dec 23 0 After 18 months of dilly-dallying, the Biden Administration is expected to finally announce its guidance on whether aviation fuel produced from corn ethanol qualifies for… Read more
Velocys and Yield10 need financing fast opinion Fayaz Hussain 24 Nov 23 0 Everyone agrees that demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is strong. But two companies involved in the SAF production chain have said they will run… Read more
SAF’s Invisible Hand opinion Oscar Henderson 17 Nov 23 0 SAF’s Invisible Hand The ‘invisible hand’ concept first appeared in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and became a defining concept of free market economics. Simply put,… Read more
Down but not out, Velocys eyes fresh funds as CLN falls through opinion Fayaz Hussain 2 Nov 23 0 It has been a bad week for Velocys – the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technology company. On Tuesday, it announced that it had failed to… Read more
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once opinion Oscar Henderson 27 Oct 23 0 The global Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry currently does not have adequate supply to meet demand. It needs Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. The 2022 sci-fi… Read more