Gela
Gela is an operating sustainable aviation fuel plant in Gela, Italy, owned by Enilive. Its announced capacity is 400 thousand tonnes a year (500 million litres, 132 million US gallons), by the HEFA pathway. It has been operating since 2025. The record was read from the news by the reader (Oils & Fats International, January 30, 2025) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- Enilive
- Place
- Gela, Italy
- Pathway
- HEFA
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- operating
- Announced capacity
- 400 thousand tonnes a year · 500 million litres · 132.1 million US gallons
- Operating since
- 2025
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: Enilive begins SAF production at Gela plant (Oils & Fats International, 2025-01-30); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-16; not yet checked; start_year from article 9749 (2025-01-22); capacity_mgal, capacity_ml, capacity_kt, pathway from article 9750 (2025-01-30)
Other plants and projects recorded with Enilive
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sannazzaro de' Burgondi biorefinery | Sannazzaro de' Burgondi, Italy | planned | 550 | 2028 |
| Gela | Gela, Italy | operating | 400 | 2025 |
In the news latest items naming Enilive
- 2026-10-12 Biofuels from renewable raw materials: a new source of energy for European industry and transport Il Sole 24 ORE
- 2026-09-21 Building Asia’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply Chain Aviation Jeta
- 2026-04-03 Eni secures financing for Sannazzaro biofuels plant Oil & Gas Journal
- 2026-03-12 Advancing Aviation Decarbonization in Asia-Pacific with SAF ARC Advisory Group
- 2025-11-10 Petronas, partners maintain target 2028 start for Pengerang biorefinery to produce aviation and renewable fuels The Edge Malaysia
- 2025-09-23 Eni adding renewable fuels plant at Sannazzaro refinery Oil & Gas Journal
- 2025-08-04 Eni, LG Chem break ground on South Korean biorefinery Oil & Gas Journal
- 2025-08-04 Turning waste and residues into sustainable fuels: LG Chem and Enilive Breaks Ground on Korea’s First HVO/SAF Plant Eni
- 2025-07-30 Dialog associate lands 25-year storage deal, to invest US$330m on project The Edge Malaysia
- 2025-07-28 Driving the energy transition: How PETRONAS is powering progress with biofuels KLSE Screener
- 2025-07-28 Driving the energy transition: How PETRONAS is powering progress with biofuels The Edge Malaysia
- 2025-06-24 Eni advances Venice biorefinery expansion Oil & Gas Journal
- 2025-03-27 Eni and Saipem extend collaboration agreement in biorefining euro petrole
- 2025-02-25 Renewable Fuels: Seizing the Generational Opportunity Bain
- 2025-01-30 Enilive begins SAF production at Gela plant Oils & Fats International
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, Gela: sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/gela-italy, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].