Varo
Varo is a planned sustainable aviation fuel project in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Its announced capacity is 245 thousand tonnes a year (306 million litres, 81 million US gallons), by the HEFA pathway. It is due to start in 2026. The record comes from the SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news since.
The record
- Owner
- Varo
- Place
- Rotterdam, Netherlands (51.923, 4.471)
- Pathway
- HEFA (recorded as "HEFA-SPK")
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- planned
- Announced capacity
- 245 thousand tonnes a year · 306.2 million litres · 80.9 million US gallons
- Due to start
- 2026
- Where the record came from
- The SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news on 2024-08-05.
- Notes
- ; start_year from article 1917 (2023-09-08); status from article 1915 (2023-09-08); status from article 10509 (2024-08-05)
In the news latest items naming Varo
- 2026-10-06 VAROPreem marks 60 years of Cressier manufacturing hub at the heart of Switzerland’s energy system Cision News
- 2026-07-09 VAROPreem completes Sunpine acquisition - boosting Europe’s renewable fuels supply chain Biofuels International Magazine
- 2025-04-02 Varo Energy announces agreement to acquire Preem Biodiesel Magazine
- 2025-03-31 Varo buys Scandinavia's top refiner, biofuel producer Preem Quantum Commodity Intelligence
- 2025-03-31 Varo Energy to Acquire Preem Holding AB in Transformational Deal biobased-diesel.com
- 2025-03-17 The Iberian Green Industrial Opportunity: Sustainable Fuels mckinsey.com
- 2024-08-05 Gunvor joins VARO to jointly develop large-scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) manufacturing facility euro petrole
- 2023-12-20 Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. Announces New SAF Production Facility in Kansas biobased-diesel.com
- 2023-12-20 Höegh Autoliners and Varo Energy Forge Partnership for Sustainable Maritime Shipping biobased-diesel.com
- 2023-10-01 Gunvor Acquires 50% Stake in Dutch Biofuels Project Amid Diversification Push oilprice.com
- 2023-10-01 Varo Energy to Acquire Swedish Refiner Preem in Major Renewable Fuel Deal oilprice.com
- 2023-09-08 VARO Energy to Build Large-Scale SAF Manufacturing Facility in Rotterdam biofuels-news.com
- 2023-09-08 VARO Energy Announces Construction of Large-Scale SAF Manufacturing Facility in Rotterdam biomassmagazine.com
- 2023-09-07 Varo Energy Announces Construction of Large-Scale SAF Manufacturing Facility in Rotterdam biobased-diesel.com
- 2023-09-01 All Nippon Airways Extends SAF Flight Initiative to Cargo Services biobased-diesel.com
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, Varo: sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/varo, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].