Lignin conversion breakthrough: SAF gets cost-competitive

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

19 Feb 24

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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…

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SAF gets ‘strategic’ tag in EU’s plan to cut carbon emissions

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

14 Feb 24

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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,…

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UK’s SAF Policy: Caught between ready HEFA and a hard place

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

2 Feb 24

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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…

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Germany gives major boost to PtL projects in Budget adjustment

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

26 Jan 24

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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…

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel takes flight: A 2023 Review

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

12 Jan 24

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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…

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GREET news for ATJ: Industry welcomes US tax credit guidance for SAF

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

21 Dec 23

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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)…

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AtJ SAF’s future hangs in balance as US decides IRA tax credits for ethanol

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

15 Dec 23

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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…

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Velocys and Yield10 need financing fast

opinion

Fayaz Hussain

24 Nov 23

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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…

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SAF’s Invisible Hand

opinion

Oscar Henderson

17 Nov 23

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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