Chiyoda awarded FEED contract for Taiyo Oil’s Okinawa SAF site news Fayaz Hussain 30 Oct 25 0 Japanese engineering firm Chiyoda said it has been awarded the project to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) for Taiyo Oil’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)… Read more
Japan Airlines invests in Morisora’s SAF refinery news Fayaz Hussain 13 Oct 25 0 Japan Airlines announced that it has invested in Morisora Bio Refinery to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from domestically-sourced woody biomass bioethanol. The Morisora… Read more
Japan’s key role in the SAF industry opinion Fayaz Hussain 11 Jul 25 0 The aviation industry emits roughly 2% to 3% of global CO2 emissions. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has emerged as a critical solution for reducing the… Read more
Japan to form task force on SAF price gap news Fayaz Hussain 1 Jul 25 0 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (Meti) has announced plans to form a task force to tackle the challenge of high sustainable aviation fuel… Read more
MUFJ announces $30m stock investment in euglena for SAF site news Fayaz Hussain 12 May 25 0 Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFJ) Trust and Banking Corporation has announced plans to invest up to $30m preferred shares issued by Euglena Sustainable Investment Limited (ESIL), an… Read more
Japan’s Cosmo Oil begins supply of domestically-produced SAF news Fayaz Hussain 14 Apr 25 0 Japanese energy giant Cosmo Oil Marketing announced that it supplied its first batch of domestically-produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s “Blue… Read more
Japan’s Odakyu Railway joins Saffaire Sky’s SAF initiative news Fayaz Hussain 1 Apr 25 0 Odakyu Electric Railway announced it has joined a initiative to boost the domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Japan by signing a memorandum… Read more
Airbus teams up with Japanese firms on SAF facility news Fayaz Hussain 17 Mar 25 0 Japan Airlines, Airbus, Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo Corporation and Green Earth Institute have teamed up to produce sustainable aviation fuel using bioethanol derived from domestic… Read more
Taiyo Oil finalises Honeywell tech for SAF plant news Fayaz Hussain 10 Mar 25 0 Leading multi-industry conglomerate Honeywell announced that its Honeywell UOP Ethanol to Jet (ETJ) technology has been selected by Japanese oil company Taiyo Oil for its… Read more
Japan’s Saffaire Sky Energy signs UCO deal with Hanshin Stadium news Fayaz Hussain 3 Mar 25 0 Hanshin Electric Railway announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production company Saffaire Sky Energy to supply… Read more
Taiyo Oil SAF project selected for Japanese subsidy news Fayaz Hussain 28 Feb 25 0 Japanese petroleum company Taiyo Oil said its Okinawa sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production project has been selected for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s… Read more
Mitsui, Cosmo secure subsidy for AtJ SAF project news Fayaz Hussain 28 Feb 25 0 Chicago-based sustainable fuels technology and production company LanzaJet announced that Cosmo Oil, in collaboration with Mitsui & Co, have been awarded a subsidy from Japan’s… Read more
Nippon, Sumitomo and GEI announce JV to produce ethanol for SAF news Fayaz Hussain 17 Feb 25 0 Japanese firms Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo Corporation and Green Earth Institute (GEI) have announced an agreement to setup a joint venture company Morisora Bio Energy… Read more
Japan’s Cosmo OMC to begin SAF supply from 2025 onwards news Fayaz Hussain 27 Jan 25 0 Japan’s Cosmo Oil Marketing Company announced that it will begin supply of domestically-produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways from… Read more
JGC, Revo, SAFFAIRE and Cosmo announce completion of SAF plant news Fayaz Hussain 13 Jan 25 0 JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC), Revo International, SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY and Cosmo Oil announced that the construction work on the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant has… Read more