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  • 2019-01-23 Plants and production Gevo Joins Consortium to Expand Sustainable Aviation Fuels at San Francisco International Airport greencarcongress.com
    Gevo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a group of eight airlines and fuel producers to increase the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels at the San Francisco International Airport. Included in the consortium are airlines United Airlines, Alas...
    supplier Gevo · San Francisco, United States · volume 10 Million Gallons per year · feedstock Carbohydrates, Wood · Alcohol-to-Jet Fuel · Gevo, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific
  • 2019-01-01 Plants and production Colabitoil and Organofuel Sign Agreement for Renewable Aviation Fuel Production bioenergyinternational.com
    Colabitoil Sweden AB and Organofuel Sweden AB have signed an exclusive 50-year agreement for the production and sale of renewable aviation fuel and gasoline. The agreement is based on Organofuels international patent-pending technology and includes rights t...
    supplier Colabitoil Sweden AB · Sweden · Catalytic reforming of ethanol · Colabitoil Sweden AB, Organofuel Sweden AB
  • 2018-12-12 Plants and production Shell Aviation and SkyNRG begin supply of sustainable aviation fuel to international airlines at San Francisco Airport biomassmagazine.com
    Shell Aviation and SkyNRG have started supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to airlines KLM, SAS and Finnair at San Francisco Airport (SFO). The fuel is produced by World Energy, the only SAF refinery worldwide currently. This initiative is in response...
    supplier Shell Aviation and SkyNRG · Los Angeles, United States · volume Not mentioned · feedstock Used cooking oil · Not mentioned · Shell Aviation, SkyNRG, KLM, SAS, Finnair
  • 2018-09-01 Plants and production Airbus Delivers First A321 to JetBlue Powered by Sustainable Jet Fuel biomassmagazine.com
    Airbus' A320 Family production facility in the U.S. is set to deliver its first aircraft partially powered by sustainable jet fuel. The A321, due to be delivered to JetBlue, will depart with 15 percent sustainable jet fuel in its tanks. In total, five A321 ...
    supplier Air BP · United States · volume Unknown · feedstock Unknown · Unknown · Airbus, JetBlue, Air BP, Signature Flight Support, BBA Aviation
  • 2018-07-05 Plants and production LanzaTech, Virgin Atlantic and partners receive £410k grant for Alcohol-to-Jet facility greencarcongress.com
    The UK government is providing a grant of £410,000 to LanzaTech, Virgin Atlantic, and their partners for the partial funding of the construction of a large-scale Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) facility in the UK. This facility is expected to produce commercial quanti...
    supplier LanzaTech · UK · feedstock Ethanol · Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) · LanzaTech, Virgin Atlantic, Boeing, SkyNRG, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports
  • 2018-06-12 Plants and production ASTM International approves ethanol as feedstock for alcohol-to-jet synthetic paraffinic kerosene greencarcongress.com
    ASTM International has revised its ASTM D7566 Annex A5 standard specification for aviation turbine fuel containing synthesized hydrocarbons to include ethanol as an approved feedstock for producing alcohol-to-jet synthetic paraffinic kerosene (ATJ-SPK). Thi...
    supplier LanzaTech · United States · volume 4,000 Gallons · feedstock Ethanol · Thermocatalytic Process · ASTM International, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, LanzaTech, Federal Aviation Administration
  • 2018-05-11 Plants and production Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Collaborates with 13 Airlines for Sustainable Aviation Fuel greencarcongress.com
    The Port of Seattle has announced a collaboration with 13 airlines, including Alaska Airlines, ANA, Delta Air Lines, Horizon Airlines, Lufthansa, Spirit Airlines, and others for a work plan aimed at providing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Seattle-Tacom...
    supplier Not mentioned · Seattle, USA · volume 700 million gallons · feedstock Used cooking oil, forest residuals and non-edible, sustainable corn · Not mentioned · Alaska Airlines, ANA, Delta Air Lines, Horizon Airlines, Lufthansa
  • 2018-05-09 Plants and production 13 Airlines Collaborate on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Plan at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport biomassmagazine.com
    The Port of Seattle has announced a collaborative work plan with 13 airlines, including Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Horizon Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and others, to provide all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with access to sustainab...
    Washington state, USA · volume 700 Million Gallons per year · feedstock Used cooking oil, forest residuals, non-edible sustainable corn · Biofuel technology · Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Horizon Airlines, Spirit Airlines, ANA
  • 2018-04-17 Plants and production Global Bioenergies and SkyNRG Collaborate to Accelerate Commercialization of Bio-isobutene-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel greencarcongress.com
    Global Bioenergies (GBE) and SkyNRG are collaborating to accelerate the commercialization of GBE's process of converting renewable resources into isobutene, which can be used as a jet fuel blending component. The companies aim to obtain the aviation industr...
    supplier Global Bioenergies · Germany · feedstock Forestry or agricultural wastes · Process of converting renewable resources into isobutene via fermentation · Global Bioenergies, SkyNRG, Audi
  • 2018-03-01 Plants and production IATA Aims for 1 Billion Passengers to Fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Flights by 2025 biomassmagazine.com
    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) aims to have 1 billion passengers fly on flights powered by a mix of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025. This goal was announced on the tenth anniversary of the first flight to blend SAF a...
    supplier Not specified · Not specified · volume 1.5 billion gallons · feedstock Not specified · Not specified · International Air Transport Association (IATA), Virgin Atlantic, Cathay Pacific, FedEx Express, JetBlue
  • 2018-01-30 Plants and production AltAir Fuels Receives RSB Certification for Biojet Fuel Production biomassmagazine.com
    AltAir Fuels, a biojet fuel production facility in Paramount, California, has been certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to produce biojet fuel, renewable diesel and naphtha. AltAir, a member of RSB since 2014, is part of a select gr...
    supplier AltAir Fuels · Paramount, California · RSB Global Standard · AltAir Fuels, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, Natural Resources Defense Council, United Airlines
  • 2018-01-01 Plants and production LanzaTech, Virgin Atlantic and partners plan to build world’s first large scale alcohol-to-jet facility in the U.K. biomassmagazine.com
    LanzaTech, Virgin Atlantic and partners are making progress towards building the world’s first large scale alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) facility in the UK. This plant would produce low carbon ethanol from waste emissions, which would then be converted to jet fuel. ...
    supplier LanzaTech · UK · feedstock waste emissions · Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) · LanzaTech, Virgin Atlantic, Boeing, SkyNRG, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports
  • 2017-12-01 Plants and production Swedavia receives first sustainable aviation fuel delivery at Stockholm Arlanda Airport biomassmagazine.com
    Swedavia received its first delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, marking the start of deliveries through the Fly Green Fund. The fuel is supplied by SkyNRG and Air BP. The Fly Green Fund is a unique global initiative tha...
    supplier SkyNRG · United States · Swedavia, SkyNRG, Air BP, Fly Green Fund, AltAir Fuels
  • 2017-05-07 Plants and production Praj Industries Completes India's First Integrated Biorefinery for 2G Ethanol bioenergyinternational.com
    Praj Industries, a global process solutions provider, has completed India's first integrated biorefinery demonstration plant for second-generation (2G) ethanol. The plant, located near Pune in the state of Maharashtra, has a capacity of 1 million liters per...
    supplier Praj Industries · Maharashtra, India · volume 1 Million Liters per annum · feedstock Rice and wheat straw, cotton stalk, bagasse, cane trash, corn cobs and stover · Enfinity Technology Platform · Praj Industries
  • 2017-01-01 Plants and production Nippon Paper Industries and Phoenix Pulp and Paper Public Co. to Develop Torrefied Pellet Demonstration Facilities in Thailand bioenergyinternational.com
    Japan-based Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd has announced the signing of a joint research and development agreement with Phoenix Pulp and Paper Public Co. Ltd (PPPC) of Thailand. The research includes the installation of a torrefied pellet demonstration fa...
    supplier Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd · Thailand · feedstock woody biomass · torrefaction technology · Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd, Phoenix Pulp and Paper Public Co. Ltd (PPPC), Mitsui & Co., Ltd
  • 2016-07-15 Plants and production Boeing and South African Airways Celebrate Africa's First Sustainable Aviation Biofuel Flights greencarcongress.com
    Boeing, South African Airways (SAA), and Mango have participated in Africa's first passenger flights using sustainable aviation biofuel. These flights carried 300 passengers from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Boeing 737-800s using a blend of 30% aviation bio...
    supplier SkyNRG · South Africa · feedstock Sunchem's nicotine-free tobacco plant Solaris · Bio-jet fuel production · Boeing, South African Airways (SAA), Mango, Sunchem, AltAir Fuels
  • 2016-01-01 Plants and production Wood Pellet Siam Co Ltd Gains JIA Certification for Biomass Fuel bioenergyinternational.com
    Wood Pellet Siam Co Ltd (WPS), a subsidiary of renewable energy projects developer Impact Electron, has gained Japan Gas Appliances Inspection Association (JIA) certification for its rubberwood pellets as a biomass fuel. This makes WPS the first overseas su...
    supplier Wood Pellet Siam Co Ltd (WPS) · Thailand · volume 30,000 tonnes per month · feedstock Rubberwood · Pelletising · Wood Pellet Siam Co Ltd (WPS), Impact Electron, Japan Gas Appliances Inspection Association (JIA)
  • 2016-01-01 Plants and production Toyo Engineering Corporation and SOG - leo e Gs S.A. Awarded Contract for Ammonia Plant by PETROBRAS toyo-eng.com
    Japanese company Toyo Engineering Corporation, in cooperation with Brazilian company SOG - leo e Gs S.A., has been awarded a contract by Brazilian state-run oil company PETROBRAS for the construction of a new ammonia plant in Uberaba, Minas Gerais State in ...
    supplier Toyo Engineering Corporation · Brazil · volume 1,500 tons/day · feedstock Natural Gas · Ammonia production technology · Toyo Engineering Corporation, SOG - leo e Gs S.A., Petrleo Brasileiro S.A. (PETROBRAS), Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR)
  • 2015-07-09 Plants and production INAF Develops Roadmap for Sustainable Aviation Biofuel for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games greencarcongress.com
    The Initiatives for Next Generation Aviation Fuels (INAF), a consortium of 46 organizations including Boeing, ANA (All Nippon Airways), Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, the Japanese government, the University of Tokyo, and other stakeholders in the Ja...
    supplier INAF · Japan · volume Not specified · feedstock Municipal waste, Microalgae, Natural oils, Waste food oil, Non-edible biomass, Woody biomass · Not specified · Boeing, ANA (All Nippon Airways), Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, University of Tokyo
  • 2014-01-01 Plants and production Opening of the First Converted Biorefinery eni.com
    In 2014, the first biorefinery, converted from a traditional refinery, was opened. This was made possible through a proprietary patent.
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  • 2012-03-21 Plants and production Airbus Joins Consortium to Study Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Mallee Trees greencarcongress.com
    Airbus has joined a consortium including Virgin Australia, Renewable Oil Corporation, Future Farm Industries CRC, Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation, and GE to explore a new sustainable aviation fuel production pathway. The fuel will be derived from mall...
    supplier Consortium including Airbus, Virgin Australia, Renewable Oil Corporation, Future Farm Industries CRC, Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation, and GE · Australia · feedstock Mallee trees · Fast pyrolysis and subsequent bio-oil upgrading · Airbus, Virgin Australia, Renewable Oil Corporation, Future Farm Industries CRC, Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation
  • 2010-07-12 Plants and production Strategic Initiative Launched to Promote Aviation Biofuel Development in the Pacific Northwest greencarcongress.com
    Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University have launched the 'Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest' project, a regional initiative to promote a...
    Pacific Northwest, United States · Biomass conversion · Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport

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