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Opinion pieces from SAF Investor

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,…

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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…

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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…

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SAF Investor: Pathways, regulations towards SAF adoption

opinion
Fayaz Hussain
16 Oct 23
0

The recent EURefuel Initiative was discussed at length during the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) day at the Argus Biofuels Europe Conference in London last week.…

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Studying sogo shosha

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
28 Sep 23
0

Nike’s Worldwide Headquarters in Portland Oregon is not just a place to work. It also tells the history of the company. There are buildings named…

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DG Fuels – the first $30m is the hardest

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
12 Aug 23
0

Christopher Chaput ended up in Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) almost by accident. A veteran banker, he started advising his friend Michael Darcy, the CEO and founder…

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How SAF prizes can speed up innovation

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
12 Jun 23
0

In May 1919, Raymond Orteig, a French American hotelier in New York, wrote a letter to the Aero Club of America offering $25,000 to the…

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Chicken-feed(stock)

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
16 May 23
0

They eat a lot of chicken in Mississippi. Mississippi State University says the poultry market is worth $3.8bn – making it the state’s most important…

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Alder Fuels: introducing pioneer and full-time skid operations

opinion
CJI Team
9 May 23
0

This week, Alder Fuels reached a key milestone in the scale-up of Alder Renewable Crude (ARC) production by commissioning a pilot skid at the National…

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Getting ReFuelEU ready to fry

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
3 May 23
0

Laws are like sausages. It is best not to see them being made,” is a quote often attributed to Otto von Bismarck. But it is worth looking…

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How SAF feedstocks and production technologies can play a role in decarbonising aviation

opinion
CJI Team
3 May 23
0

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), hydrogen and electric propulsion all have a role to play in decarbonising aviation, writes Andreea Moyes, director, Global Aviation Sustainability, Air…

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LanzaJet’s Samartzis: “I don’t think demand is ever going to be an issue”

opinion
CJI Team
25 Apr 23
0

Jimmy Samartzis the CEO of LanzaJet is in a hurry. Last week LanzaJet completed the final modules of its 10-plus storey alcohol-to-jet Freedom Pines Sustainable…

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UK industry is supporting SAF, but needs to speed up

opinion
Alasdair Whyte
19 Apr 23
0

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) dominated a lot of the discussions at the excellent Sustainable Skies Summit that took place in Farnborough this week. An RAF…

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Algae can be a major raw material for cheaper biofuel production.

Viridos keeps algae alive

opinion
CJI Team
3 Apr 23
0

“Algae,” said the Boeing executive in 2009. “You know the scene in Mrs Robinson where everyone is advising Dustin Hoffman on what industry he should go into?…

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Alder Fuels gets 100%

opinion
CJI Team
28 Mar 23
0

Dr Derek Vardon, chief technology officer, Alder Fuels, has all the experience and qualifications you would expect. The PhD graduate and Navy veteran has more…

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