Japan's first SAF manufacturing plant (Sakai City)
Japan's first SAF manufacturing plant (Sakai City) is a planned sustainable aviation fuel project in Sakai City, Japan, owned by Japan's first SAF manufacturing plant. The pathway is HEFA; no capacity has been announced. It is due to start in 2025. The record was read from the news by the reader (biobased-diesel.com, February 28, 2023) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- Japan's first SAF manufacturing plant
- Place
- Sakai City, Japan
- Pathway
- HEFA
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- planned
- Announced capacity
- not announced
- Due to start
- 2025
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: Japan Airlines Partners with Yokohama City for UCO-based SAF Feedstock Collection (biobased-diesel.com, 2023-02-28); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-16; not yet checked
Other plants and projects recorded with Japan's first SAF manufacturing plant
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan's first SAF manufacturing plant (Sakai City) | Sakai City, Japan | planned | 2025 |
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, Japan's first SAF manufacturing plant (Sakai City): sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/japan-s-first-saf-manufacturing-plant-sakai-city-japan, retrieved 2026-10-19. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].