Sustainable aviation fuel news

Thailand-based Bangchak Group is set to begin operations of its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production project at its refinery in Phra Khanong, Bangkok. The project, a joint venture with BBGI Public Co. Ltd. and Thanachok Oil Light Co. Ltd. under the na...

supplier Bangchak Group · Thailand · volume 90 Million Gallons · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Bangchak Group, BBGI Public Co. Ltd., Thanachok Oil Light Co. Ltd., BSGF Co. Ltd.

The Selangor Aviation Show (SAS 2024) commenced on September 12, 2024, and achieved its RM1.3 billion potential transaction value target through the signing of 12 business documents, including MOUs, MOCs, LOIs, and offtake agreements. The event, officiated ...

Malaysia · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Menteri Besar Selangor (Incorporated), Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, Global Turbine Asia, Qube Nexus, Vencast

The C919 aircraft completed its maiden test flight with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by Sinopec earlier this month. The C919 made a soft landing on the runway of Dongying Airport in Shandong Province, marking the first time for the domestic comm...

supplier Sinopec · China · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Sinopec

Abu Dhabi-based ACX Ltd., part of the ACX Group, has launched a biofuels electronic physical-trading platform, ACXBiofuels. The platform allows for trading in biodiesel, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and some of its feedstocks like used ...

supplier ACX Ltd. · Abu Dhabi, UAE · volume 3 million metric tons per year · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO), Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) · Electronic trading platform · ACX Ltd., ACX Group, AirCarbon Pte. Ltd., International Emissions Trading Association, International Sustainability and Carbon Certification System

OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in Southeastern Europe, has signed an agreement to purchase 50 percent of the shares of the Romanian company Respira Verde, a local leader in the collection of used cooking oil (UCO). The transaction is expe...

supplier OMV Petrom · Romania · volume 10,000 tons per year · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Not mentioned · OMV Petrom, Respira Verde

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) has announced plans to launch a series of pilot projects aimed at increasing domestic production and consumption of biodiesel. The move is part of China's efforts to enhance its environmental initiatives. Biodies...

China · volume 1.9 billion litres · feedstock Palm oil, Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · National Energy Administration (NEA), Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Thomson Reuters

Total Energies and Saudi Aramco have announced the successful conversion of used cooking oil (UCO) into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at their joint venture, the Saudi Aramco Total Energies Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) platform. This is the fir...

supplier Saudi Aramco Total Energies Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) · Middle East and North Africa · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · coprocessing · Total Energies, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Aramco Total Energies Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP)

VTTI and renewable feedstocks trader Connex are collaborating to develop a renewable feedstock pretreatment facility at VTTI’s Amsterdam terminal. The facility, named the Greenstock Pretreatment Facility (GPF), will process over 400,000 tons of renewable fe...

supplier VTTI · Netherlands · volume 400,000 Tons · feedstock animal fats, used cooking oil (UCO), brown grease, advanced waste and residue streams · pretreatment · VTTI, Connex

The European renewable diesel market is expected to grow significantly in 2025 due to regulatory support and rising demand for low-carbon fuels. The EU's anti-dumping duties on Chinese biodiesel and HVO, along with increased mandates and policy changes in c...

Europe · volume 4.35 Million Tonnes · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · S&P Global Commodity Insights, EU Commission

Clean Fuels Alliance America has released a report on September 13, assessing the potential global supplies of used cooking oil (UCO) to meet the growing demand for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through 2030. The report, a...

supplier Clean Fuels Alliance America · Global · volume 3.7 Billion Gallons · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · UCO Collection · Clean Fuels Alliance America, LMC International, GlobalData Plc

Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd. announced on July 13 that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Australian Eco Oils (AEO) for AUD$39 million. AEO, which trades under the Scanline brand, is a leading collector and processor of used cooking oil (...

supplier Australian Eco Oils · Australia · volume 11,500 metric tons per year · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd., Australian Eco Oils

Apeiron Bioenergy raised SGD$50 million (USD$36.9 million) on June 23 through the issuance of a five-year senior unsecured green bond. The bond was guaranteed by Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility, a trust fund of the Asian Development Bank, and an Asso...

supplier Apeiron Bioenergy · Southeast Asia · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Apeiron Bioenergy, Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility, Asian Development Bank, Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus Three, HSBC Bank

Phillips 66's Rodeo refinery has successfully converted to renewable diesel production, achieving a full production rate of 800 million gallons per year. This conversion is part of a broader trend in the renewable fuels industry, which has seen a significan...

supplier Phillips 66 · United States · volume 800 Million Gallons · Phillips 66

The article discusses the aviation sector's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint by creating sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). It highlights the work of Carlos Flores at Mahoney Environmental, a subsidiary of Neste, in collecting used cooking oil (UCO) to...

supplier Neste · United States · volume 400 million pounds · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO), bioenergy crops · Mahoney Environmental, Neste, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

EcoCeres, a Bain Capital-backed biofuels refiner, has partnered with Shenzhen Expressway Group, a waste management firm backed by the city of Shenzhen, to source feedstock for the production of low-carbon fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Th...

supplier EcoCeres · China · volume 2.5 million metric tons annually · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · EcoCeres, Shenzhen Expressway Group, Bain Capital, National Energy Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Bangchak Corporation Public Company Ltd., a Thailand-based energy conglomerate, has partnered with Japan-based chemical company Sumitomo Corp. to establish a used cooking oil (UCO)-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply chain. The strategic partnership, ...

supplier Bangchak Corporation Public Company Ltd. · Thailand · volume 1 million liters daily · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Advanced technologies from world-renowned technology providers · Bangchak Corporation Public Company Ltd., Sumitomo Corp., Solarig, Japan Airlines, Cepsa

Chinese biofuel producers are set to invest over $1 billion in the country's first plants dedicated to converting waste cooking oil into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This move is in anticipation of China's 2030 policy on SAF use, which could trigger sig...

China · volume more than 1 million tonnes/year · Junheng Industry Group Biotech, Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech, Tianzhou New Energy, Neste

Chinese biofuel producers are set to invest over $1 billion in the country's first plants dedicated to converting waste cooking oil into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This move is in anticipation of China's 2030 policy on SAF use, which is expected to at...

China · volume over 1 million tonnes/year · Junheng Industry Group Biotech, Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech, Tianzhou New Energy, Neste

Argus, a global energy and commodity price-reporting agency, has expanded its Argus Open Markets electronic price-discovery platform to include the prices of used cooking oil (UCO) and used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME) in the Asia-Pacific region. The UC...

supplier Not Provided · Asia-Pacific · feedstock Used cooking oil (UCO) · Not Provided · Argus, Petrochina International (Hainan), Guangzhou Leo-King Environmental Tech

Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport has initiated a program to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from its 50 hospitality partners for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This is part of the airport’s sustainability...

supplier BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport · USA · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Fraport USA, Mahoney Environmental

Carlos Rodríguez Gaya, head of product management and technical service, purification EMEA, outlines the year ahead, predicting a rise in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) production. The growth is largely driven by the EU...

EMEA · feedstock Used cooking oil (UCO), animal fats, waste hydrocarbon feedstocks · Purification EMEA

Japan Airlines has partnered with Yokohama City to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from households to use as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock. This initiative is part of the Fry to Fly Project, which aims to decarbonize society by recycling domestic...

supplier Japan Airlines · Japan · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Japan Airlines, Yokohama City, Daiei, Marathon Petroleum, Repsol

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. and LOPS Corp. have signed a basic agreement to conduct joint studies on the procurement of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock, with a focus on used cooking oil (UCO) from various parts of Japan. The collaborative project aims...

supplier Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. · Japan · volume 132 Million Gallons per year · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) Technology, Alcohol-to-Jet Technology · Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., LOPS Corp.

Clean Fuels Alliance America has published a report assessing the potential global supply of used cooking oil (UCO) for biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through 2030. The report estimates that global UCO trade reached 3.7 bill...

supplier Clean Fuels Alliance America · Global · volume 3.7 Billion Gallons · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Production · Clean Fuels Alliance America, LMC International/GlobalData Plc

SeQuential Environmental Services, a U.S. Pacific Northwest-based used cooking oil (UCO) collector, has merged with Neste-owned Mahoney Environmental to form Mahoney Environmental Services as of January 1. The merger is seen as a milestone for both companie...

supplier Mahoney Environmental Services · United States · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · SeQuential Environmental Services, Mahoney Environmental, Neste, Crimson Renewable Energy, Marathon

SK Trading International has announced an investment in Daekyung O&T, a company specializing in waste- and residue-based raw materials such as used cooking oil (UCO), animal fats, and palm oil mill effluent (POME). The investment aims to secure raw material...

supplier SK Trading International · South Korea · feedstock Used cooking oil (UCO), animal fats, palm oil mill effluent (POME) · SK Trading International, Daekyung O&T, Korea Development Bank’s Private Equity Division, Eugene Private Equity, Fulcrum

Neste, a leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has agreed to acquire the used cooking oil (UCO) collection and aggregation business and related assets in the United States from Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings LLC. This includ...

supplier Neste · United States · volume 3.3 million tons annually · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Neste, Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings LLC, SeQuential Environmental Services LLC, Pure LLC, Marathon Petroleum

Thai biofuel producers and distributors Bangchak and BBGI have partnered with local vegetable oil and renewable energy company Thanachok Oil Light to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from used cooking oil (UCO). The partnership will establish a new p...

supplier Bangchak, BBGI, Thanachok Oil Light · Thailand · volume 1M Liters/day · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Not mentioned · Bangchak, BBGI, Thanachok Oil Light

Rome Fiumicino Airport, the first Italian airport to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), is increasing its distribution of SAF. This will allow ITA Airways to use SAF on two routes as part of its decarbonisation plans. The jet fuel and Eni SAF comes from t...

supplier Eni · Italy · volume 3,000 tonnes · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Ecofining · ITA Airways, Eni, SODECO, Ludoil Group

Biofuels analyst Cornelius Claeys predicts that the used cooking oil (UCO) market will continue to grow in 2022, despite hitting growth limits in supply. From 2010 to 2020, biofuels from UCO saw greater growth than any other biofuel segment in Europe and No...

Global · volume 6 Million Metric Tonnes · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Stratas Advisors

Clean Fuels Alliance America has published a report examining potential global supplies of used cooking oil (UCO) that could meet the growing demand for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. The report, authored by LMC In...

supplier Clean Fuels Alliance America · Global · volume 3.7 Billion Gallons · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · Clean Fuels Alliance America, LMC International/GlobalData Plc

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) has announced plans to launch a series of pilot projects aimed at increasing domestic production and consumption of biodiesel. The move is part of the country's efforts to catch up with other major economies in t...

China · volume 1.9 Billion Liters · feedstock Palm oil, Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · National Energy Administration (NEA), Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Italy's integrated energy company Eni has started producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its Taranto refinery, using waste and residues as feedstock. This is in line with the company's strategic decision to stop using palm oil from 2023. The productio...

supplier Eni · Italy · volume 1.1 Million Tonnes per year · feedstock Waste and residues, Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Ecofining technology · Eni, ITA

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) announced on October 3 that its Ruwais Refinery has received certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification System GmbH for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), making it the...

supplier Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) · Middle East · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Co-processing · Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), ADNOC Global Trading, International Sustainability and Carbon Certification System GmbH

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Secretary General, Juan Carlos Salazar, recently visited Malaysia to discuss the country's sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initiatives. During his visit, he met with leaders of Malaysia’s air-transport an...

supplier Total, Aramco · Middle East · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Conversion to ISCC Plus-certified SAF · Total, Aramco, International Civil Aviation Organization, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Petronas

Safran Helicopter Engines recently completed the first test of a helicopter engine running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its Bordes site in France. The Makila 2 engine was powered by a biofuel produced by TotalEnergies from residues and waste f...

supplier TotalEnergies · France · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Not mentioned · Safran Helicopter Engines, TotalEnergies

Global supplies of used cooking oil (UCO) are expected to more than double to 31 million mt by 2030, up from the current 14 million mt, according to a report by S&P Global. This increase is driven by growing Asian supply, particularly from China, aiming to ...

Global · feedstock Used Cooking Oil · S&P Global

Bangchak Group and its biofuel subsidiary, BBGI Public Company Ltd., have signed a memorandum of understanding with Thanachok Oil Light Company Ltd., a Thai integrated vegetable oil business, for procurement of used cooking oil (UCO) as feedstock for a sust...

supplier Bangchak Group · Bangkok, Thailand · volume 264,000 gallons per day · feedstock Used Cooking Oil (UCO) · Not mentioned · Bangchak Group, BBGI Public Company Ltd., Thanachok Oil Light Company Ltd.

RSB and Bioledger have launched a case study on the potential of a blockchain database to aid in the traceability of biofuels and their feedstocks. The database, supported by a grant from the ISEAL Innovations Fund, was prototyped and trialed with project p...

supplier Bioledger · Global · volume 1.93 million liters · Blockchain Database · RSB, Bioledger, Greenergy, Rexon Energy, Bensons Products