US announces $2m for airports to handle SAF news Fayaz Hussain 6 Sep 24 0 The Biden-Harris administration announced $2m for airports in Louisiana and Florida to increase capacity for the airports to handle sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The grants… Read more
US announces $244m grant for SAF projects opinion Fayaz Hussain 27 Aug 24 0 Last week marked the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act – a monumental legislation to deal with the effects of climate change. It was… Read more
Singapore’s UOB signs SAF inset deal with DHL news Fayaz Hussain 29 Jul 24 0 United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced that they have signed an inset agreement with DHL to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to reduce carbon emissions from… Read more
Finland’s UPM delays work on SAF/HVO site news Fayaz Hussain 23 Jul 24 0 Finnish forest company UPM has pushed the timeline on the development of its biofuels site by delaying investment decision amid market ‘turmoil’. “Before the potential… Read more
Investor caution, tech hurdles derail SAF projects opinion Fayaz Hussain 19 Jul 24 0 First the bad news. In the last two months, more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects have been cancelled or paused than new ones announced since… Read more
Australian SAF project by Oceania Biofuels scrapped news Fayaz Hussain 15 Jul 24 0 Australian firm Oceania Biofuels has reportedly scrapped its AU$500m biofuels planned in Queensland, according to reports. The company has taken down its website and withdrew… Read more
After bp, Shell pauses work on 820,000tpa Rotterdam plant news Fayaz Hussain 2 Jul 24 0 Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V., a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced that it is temporarily pausing on-site construction work at its 820,000 tonnes a year biofuels… Read more
Bank of Philippine Island signs up to DHL’s SAF programme news Fayaz Hussain 27 Jun 24 0 DHL Express announced that it has onboarded Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) to its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) powered GoGreen Plus Service to help… Read more
‘Refocusing plans’: bp pauses work on SAF plants news Fayaz Hussain 21 Jun 24 0 Bp announced that it scaling back on plans for development of new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) projects at its existing sites.… Read more
bp to acquire Brazilian firm Bunge Bioenergia news Fayaz Hussain 20 Jun 24 0 bp announced that it has agreed to acquire Bunge’s 50% holding interest in their bp Bunge Bioenergia S.A. joint venture, a leading biofuels producer in… Read more
Bonza: Australia announces $1.1bn SAF support opinion Fayaz Hussain 20 May 24 0 The Australian government has announced a A$1.7bn (US$1.1bn) package to support development of low-carbon liquid fuels with a focus on production of sustainable aviation fuel… Read more
Rotterdam Airport, Port Authority to develop SAF supply chain news Fayaz Hussain 16 May 24 0 Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTHA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed a letter of intent to collaborate on developing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and… Read more
Johnson Matthey, bp to supply FT CANS tech for DG Fuels’ Louisiana SAF plant news Fayaz Hussain 10 Apr 24 0 Johnson Matthey and bp said that DG Fuels has chosen their co-developed Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology for its first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant… Read more
India’s Aragen Life Sciences joins DHL’s SAF initiative news Fayaz Hussain 7 Feb 24 0 Indian R&D and manufacturing solutions provider Aragen Life Sciences announced that it has adopted DHL Express GoGreen Plus initiative which uses sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)… Read more
Maiden transatlantic flight on 100% SAF takes off from London news Fayaz Hussain 28 Nov 23 0 After nearly an year of preparations, Virgin Atlantic on Tuesday announced that the maiden flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) took off from London… Read more