Acelen
Acelen is an under construction sustainable aviation fuel project in Brazil. Its announced capacity is 800 thousand tonnes a year (1.0 billion litres, 264 million US gallons), by the HEFA pathway. It is due to start in 2026. The record was read from the news by the reader (ipsnews.net, March 14, 2024) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- Acelen
- Place
- Brazil
- Pathway
- HEFA
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- under construction
- Announced capacity
- 800 thousand tonnes a year · 1,000 million litres · 264.2 million US gallons
- Due to start
- 2026
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: Brazil's Biofuel Boom: Sustainable Aviation Fuel as a Climate Crisis Solution (ipsnews.net, 2024-03-14); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-16; not yet checked; capacity_mgal, capacity_ml, capacity_kt from article 2623 (2023-04-18); status from article 6167 (2026-07-23)
Other plants and projects recorded with Acelen
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acelen | Brazil | under construction | 800 | 2026 |
In the news latest items naming Acelen
- 2026-08-06 Brazil’s $3bn green fuel project offers new test to Dangote’s aviation fuel ambitions Businessamlive
- 2026-08-05 Dangote's aviation fuel ambitions face a new test as Brazil backs $3 billion green fuel project Business Insider Africa
- 2026-08-04 Jet Fuel Made From Tropical Fruit Gets $3 Billion Backing Bloomberg
- 2026-07-23 Mubadala-Backed Acelen Taps Brazil's Native Palm to Cut SAF Costs The AgriBiz
- 2026-07-21 Brazil Advances in Global Race to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel - 21/07/2026 - Business Folha de S.Paulo
- 2026-07-02 Acelen secures offtake deals for Brazil’s first-ever sustainable fuel plant Latin Lawyer
- 2026-07-01 Alfa Laval Secures Record Contract to Supply HVO Technology for Acelen’s Brazilian Biofuel Refinery ChemAnalyst
- 2026-06-29 Alfa Laval to provide pre-treatment equipment at Acelen Brazil SAF/RD plant Quantum Commodity Intelligence
- 2026-06-25 Clifford Chance advises Acelen Renewables on Brazil's first sustainable aviation fuel plant Clifford Chance
- 2026-06-22 HSBC and IFC lead 7 Billion BRL investment in ‘green’ plant criticized by quilombola communities Repórter Brasil
- 2026-06-19 Honeywell powers Acelen’s biofuel production push Manufacturing Today India
- 2026-06-19 New Modular Tech Turns Waste into Sustainable Jet Fuel Tomorrow's World Today
- 2026-06-18 Honeywell’s Modular Technology to Enable and Automate Acelen’s Renewable Biofuel Production ChemAnalyst
- 2026-06-17 Honeywell Modular Technology to Power and Automate Acelen Renewables Biofuel Production Honeywell
- 2026-06-09 AIIB to Lend Acelen Renewables USD58 Million to Support Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project in Brazil Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Capacity is as announced, a year, with tonnes counted at 0.8 kilograms per litre; a plant's own figure may differ. A record "settled by rule" was read from an article by the reader and checked only against the site's rules (a plausible size, a real owner, no duplicate), not by a person. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, Acelen: sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/acelen-brazil, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].