Cambridge start-up bags funding to accelerate SAF production news Fayaz Hussain 30 Oct 25 0 Cambridge startup Neela Biotech has been awarded grant funding by Henry Royce Institute to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through its own nature-inspired anaerobic digestion… Read more
UK Government invites comments on RCM’s levy design news Fayaz Hussain 29 Oct 25 0 The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has invited comments on the design of levy under the revenue certainty mechanism (RCM). The government had earlier confirmed… Read more
Exolum to invest £4.5m in UK’s SAF blending facility news Fayaz Hussain 15 Oct 25 0 European energy logistics company Exolum announced its decision to invest £4.5m ($6m) in a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blending facility at the Redcliffe Bay in… Read more
OXCCU’s series B filling the missing middle opinion Oscar Henderson 3 Oct 25 0 Forget Oxford University’s 1000-year history, world renowned architecture and famous graduates. Tourists only really go to the city to see Harry Potter filming locations. In… Read more
OXCCU ropes in ex BP MD Gimenez as COO news Fayaz Hussain 9 Sep 25 0 Oxford-based technology company OXCCU, which converts waste carbon into fuels and chemicals, have announced the appointment of Nacho Gimenez as chief operating officer. “I am… Read more
RTFA calls for addition of ethanol SAF mandate news Fayaz Hussain 6 Aug 25 0 The Renewable Transport Fuel Association (RTFA) has called upon the UK Government to amend the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate to allow the use bioethanol… Read more
Australia looks to sustainable fuels to secure energy future opinion Fayaz Hussain 1 Aug 25 0 Government and industry are working together to build Australia’s low carbon liquid fuel industry. The government of Australia is taking decisive action to build a… Read more
Alcohol-based SAF projects win big in UK’s funding award opinion Fayaz Hussain 28 Jul 25 0 Alcohol startups win big Nearly a century ago, Sir Frank Whittle spent many years struggling to turn his ideas into the world’s first jet engine.… Read more
UK unlocks £63m funding for 17 SAF firms news Fayaz Hussain 22 Jul 25 0 The UK government announced the winners of its third window of its Advanced Fuel Funds competition naming 17 companies developing first-of-a-kind projects who will share… Read more
Firefly Fuels bags investment from Builders Vision news Fayaz Hussain 28 May 25 0 UK-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer from biosolids Firefly Green Fuels announced a significant capital injection from investors and philanthropists Builders Vision. The funding will… Read more
US and UK introduce key SAF legislation opinion Fayaz Hussain 27 May 25 0 Let’s talk about appendices attached to niche legislation. Great, now I know you are hooked. But it genuinely has been a landmark week for sustainable… Read more
Renovare Fuels announces key hire to roll-out SAF projects news Fayaz Hussain 8 May 25 0 UK-based Renovare Fuels announced key hirings to lead its roll-out of sustainable fuel (including sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel) projects across the UK and… Read more
SAF reaches the English Chicago opinion Fayaz Hussain 8 May 25 0 Dubbed the English Chicago for its manufacturing base and world-leading shipbuilding prowess nearly a century ago, the UK’s north-western port town of Barrow-in-Furness may soon… Read more
ATOBA, easyJet and WFS team up on long-term SAF supply news Fayaz Hussain 29 Apr 25 0 Low-cost airline easyJet and ATOBA Energy have teamed up with World Fuel Services (WFS) to work on the development of a long-term fuel supply of… Read more
Avioxx, SolydEra report breakthrough in waste-to-power SAF production news Fayaz Hussain 28 Apr 25 0 UK-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) company Avioxx said it has successfully demonstrated electricity generation with a bespoke SOFC system, using simulated, waste-derived syngas as a… Read more