Sustainable aviation fuel news

New research has shown how carbon-neutral aviation fuel can be made more efficiently, but experts warn that it could be a while before these eco-fuels become a major part of making aviation sustainable. The article discusses the challenges and potential of ...

Germany · feedstock water vapor and CO2 · co-electrolysis · Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Sunfire

Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved a significant advancement in sustainable aviation fuel production by coupling a highly efficient co-electrolysis process with fuel synthesis at an industrial scale of 220 kilowatts. This p...

Germany · feedstock CO2 and water · co-electrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis · Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Sunfire, INERATEC

Boeing has partnered with Zero Petroleum to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from air and water using a Power-to-Liquid process. This process involves capturing carbon from the air and extracting hydrogen from water electrolysis, with the pot...

supplier Zero Petroleum · United Kingdom · Boeing, Zero Petroleum, University of Sheffield

A number of startups are exploring ways to leverage the ocean's natural carbon cycles to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Israel-based Rewind plans to transport forest and agricultural residues to the bottom of the Black Sea, where the lack of oxy...

Rewind, Running Tide, Planetary Technology, Captura, Equatic

Avalon BioEnergy Uruguay has launched its first fully integrated agriculture-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) biorefinery in Latin America, located in Uruguay. The biorefinery aims to reduce emissions from air travel by up to 80% compared to traditional foss...

supplier Avalon BioEnergy Uruguay · Uruguay · volume 100,000 MT per year · feedstock non-edible oil seed crops · Hydrotreated Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) · Avalon BioEnergy Uruguay, Auris-Avalon Group of Companies

Portuguese oil company Galp and Japan's Mitsui are investing 400 million euros ($426 million) in an industrial-scale plant to produce biodiesel and biojet fuel from waste at Galp's Sines refinery. The companies will create a joint venture for the project, w...

supplier Galp · Portugal · volume 270,000 metric tons per year · feedstock Waste materials, used cooking oils · Hydrogenation of vegetable oils, Electrolysis for green hydrogen production · Galp, Mitsui

Mitsui & Co. Ltd., a Japan-based company, and Galp, Portugal's largest energy company, have announced a joint venture to invest in a renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production business at Galp's Sines refinery in Setubal, Portugal. The ...

supplier Galp · Setubal, Portugal · volume 90 Million Gallons per year · feedstock Not mentioned · Axens technology · Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Galp, Axens, Technip Energies, Plug Power

Technip Energies has been awarded contracts by Galp for an advanced biofuels unit and a green hydrogen unit at its Sines refinery in Portugal. The projects are part of Galp’s program to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products. The Advan...

supplier Technip Energies · Portugal · volume 270 ktpa · feedstock Bio-feedstock and waste residues · Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers · Technip Energies, Galp, Mitsui, Technoedif Engenharia, Plug Power

Portuguese oil company Galp has received regulatory approval to launch an industrial-scale plant at its Sines refinery. The plant, which will produce biodiesel and biojet fuel from cooking oils, represents an initial investment of €269 million. Galp plans t...

supplier Galp · Portugal · volume 262,700 tons per year of biodiesel, 193,000 annual tons of biojet · feedstock Cooking oils · Electrolysis using renewable energy · Galp, APA environment agency

Uniper and Sasol ecoFT are advancing to the next phase of the SkyFuelH2 project for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Långsele, Sollefteå, Sweden. The project, however, is subject to a final investment decision. The companies have applied...

supplier Uniper and Sasol ecoFT · Långsele, Sollefteå, Sweden · feedstock Biomass and Renewable Hydrogen · Fischer-Tropsch technology · Uniper, Sasol ecoFT, Swedish Energy Agency, EU Innovation Fund

Uniper and Sasol ecoFT have applied for funding from the Swedish Energy Agency for the next phase of development of the SkyFuelH2 project. The project aims to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Långsele, Sollefteå, Sweden. The fuel will be produced ...

supplier Uniper and Sasol ecoFT · Sweden · feedstock Biomass and Renewable Hydrogen · Fischer-Tropsch technology · Uniper, Sasol ecoFT, Swedish Energy Agency

Uniper and Sasol ecoFT have applied for funding from the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU Innovation Fund for the next phase of their SkyFuelH2 project. The project will combine biomass and renewable hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using...

supplier Uniper and Sasol ecoFT · Sweden · feedstock Biomass and Renewable Hydrogen · Fischer-Tropsch technology · Uniper, Sasol ecoFT, Swedish Energy Agency, EU Innovation Fund, Sollefteå Municipality

Arcadia eFuels has signed an agreement with Sasol and Topsoe to use their proprietary G2L technology in its Vordingborg eFuels plant. This technology converts CO2 and H2 into eFuel for aviation. The feedstock in eFuels plants includes carbon dioxide, water,...

supplier Arcadia eFuels · Denmark · G2L Technology, TOPSOE SynCORT Gas-to-Liquids technology, Sasol Low Temperature Fischer Tropsch technology · Arcadia eFuels, Sasol, Topsoe

BP plans to invest up to €2 billion in a green hydrogen cluster at its Castellón refinery in Valencia, Spain, as part of a transformation that also includes biofuels and renewable energy. The initiative could triple the refinery's biofuel production to 650,...

supplier bp · Valencia, Spain · volume 650,000 tonnes per year by 2030 · feedstock Green Hydrogen · Electrolysis · bp

Airbus has partnered with DG Fuels LLC, a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project developer, to support the launch of DG Fuels’ first SAF plant in the US. The plant, which will be located in Louisiana, will use cellulosic waste products and renewable energy...

supplier DG Fuels LLC · Louisiana, United States · volume 120 Million Gallons per year · feedstock Cellulosic waste products · Water electrolysis and biomass-derived fuel production · Airbus, DG Fuels LLC

Power-to-Liquids technologies are inching closer to commercialization. Finnish companies, VTT and Neste, have agreed to build a technology demonstration facility at VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre in Espoo. The facility will use CO2 capture from flue gas, hydrog...

supplier Neste · Espoo, Finland · High-temperature electrolysis, CO2 capture, Fischer-Tropsch technology · Neste, VTT, Business Finland, Kleener Power Solutions Oy, Carbonreuse Finland Oy

A consortium of companies including Airbus is planning to build an electrolysis plant to produce green hydrogen in Hamburg, leveraging the city's renewable energy resources and existing presence in the SAF industry. The hydrogen will be used for power-to-li...

supplier Green Fuels Hamburg · Hamburg, Germany · feedstock Green Hydrogen · Electrolysis · Airbus, Green Fuels Hamburg, Air Liquide, VINCI Airports, CFM

Portuguese oil company Galp has partnered with Japan's Mitsui to invest $426 MM in a large-scale plant for the production of biodiesel and biojet fuel from waste at its Sines refinery. The companies will form a joint venture for the project, with Galp holdi...

supplier Galp · Portugal · volume 270,000 metric tons per year · feedstock Waste materials, such as used cooking oils · Electrolysis · Galp, Mitsui

MOL Group and Plug Power Inc. are collaborating to build a green hydrogen production facility at MOL's Danube Refinery in Szzhalombatta, Hungary. The facility will use a 10 MW electrolysis unit from Plug Power to produce approximately 1,600 tonnes of carbon...

supplier Plug Power Inc. · Hungary · volume 1,600 tonnes per year · Electrolysis · MOL Group, Plug Power Inc.

Eight industry-led projects have been shortlisted to receive a share of £15 million (€17.6 million) in the Green Fuels, Green Skies (GFGS) competition for the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production plants in the UK. These projects are: A...

supplier Not provided · UK · Gasification and Fischer-Tropsch technology, Direct Air Capture, Water Electrolysis, Gas Fermentation, Alcohol-to-jet technology · Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd, Alfanar Energy, Fulcrum BioEnergy, Green Fuels Research, Petrofac

Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Rotterdam The Hague Innovation Airport, SkyNRG, and Climeworks are working together to create Zenid, a demonstration plant for producing fully circular sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from air. As part of this endeavor, they hav...

supplier Zenid Consortium · The Netherlands · Direct Air Capture, Co-Electrolysis, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis · Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Rotterdam The Hague Innovation Airport, SkyNRG, Climeworks, Uniper

Shell is planning to manufacture sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) at its Rhineland refinery in Germany. As part of a wider plan to transform the site into the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland, the company is also aiming to set up its first commerci...

supplier Shell · Germany · volume 100,000 tons per year · Shell, ITM Power, ITM Linde Electrolysis, Linde

The 'Green Fuels for Denmark' project in Copenhagen, which is focused on Power-to-X technology, will now produce green fuels for heavy transport two years earlier than planned, starting in 2025. The project plans to produce 100 MW from the originally planne...

supplier Green Fuels for Denmark · Denmark · volume 50,000 tons · feedstock Hydrogen and Sustainable CO2 · Power-to-X · Green Fuels for Denmark, Ørsted, Copenhagen Airports

Uniper and Sasol ecoFT have jointly applied for funding from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The project, SkyFuelH2, will use Sasol’s proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce SAF by combining biomass and renewa...

supplier Uniper and Sasol ecoFT · Sweden · feedstock Biomass and renewable hydrogen · Fischer-Tropsch technology · Uniper, Sasol ecoFT, Swedish Energy Agency, Sollefteå municipality

Rotterdam The Hague Airport and a European consortium led by EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a demonstration plant that produces renewable jet fuel from air. This plant aims to be the first worldwide to offer r...

supplier EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH · Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Netherlands · volume 1,000 liters per day · Climeworks’ direct air capture technology, electrolysis using Sunfire's electrolyzer cells, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, EDL's synthetic hydrocarbons to jet fuel conversion process · Rotterdam The Hague Airport, EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH, Climeworks, Sunfire, Ineratec