World Energy (Paramount, operating)
World Energy (Paramount, operating) is a paused sustainable aviation fuel plant in Paramount, California, United States, owned by World Energy. Its announced capacity is 144 thousand tonnes a year (180 million litres, 48 million US gallons), by the HEFA pathway. It is due to start in 2024. The record comes from the SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news since.
The record
- Owner
- World Energy
- Place
- Paramount, California, United States (33.887, -118.161)
- Pathway
- HEFA (recorded as "HEFA-SPK")
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- paused
- Announced capacity
- 144 thousand tonnes a year · 180 million litres · 47.6 million US gallons
- Due to start
- 2024
- Where the record came from
- The SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news on 2026-06-05.
- Notes
- one of two records for this site in the producers table; start_year from article 3442 (2022-05-03); status from article 6175 (2026-06-05)
Other plants and projects recorded with World Energy
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Energy (Los Angeles) | Los Angeles, United States | planned | 1,514 | 2027 |
| World Energy (Houston) | Houston, United States | paused | 720 | 2025 |
| World Energy (Paramount, planned expansion) | Paramount, United States | planned | 576 | |
| World Energy (Paramount, operating) | Paramount, United States | paused | 144 | 2024 |
In the news latest items naming World Energy
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- 2026-07-29 Can Flying Ever Really Be Sustainable? Atmos.earth
- 2026-07-08 What the energy shock means for the decarbonization industry Marketplace.org
- 2026-06-23 WIRED World Energy
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- 2026-04-02 SAF Accounting, SAF Registries, and the “Truth” of the Market Stillwater Associates
- 2026-02-27 Green Air World Energy
- 2026-02-27 SAF Investor World Energy
- 2026-01-26 Sustainability in the Air World Energy
- 2026-01-08 World Energy GH2 shelves gigawatt-scale project in eastern Canada Hydrogen Insight
- 2025-12-22 Nova Scotia Clears First Hurdle for Massive Jet Fuel Project Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
- 2025-12-14 Sustainable aviation fuel market to be worth over $350 billion by 2035 Sustainability Online
- 2025-11-06 The market tools and financial mechanisms scaling sustainable aviation fuel International Chamber of Commerce
- 2025-10-28 MATADOR NETWORK World Energy
- 2025-08-28 Flying’s Environmental Impact Is Undeniable. Is Sustainable Aviation Fuel the Answer? Matador Network
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, World Energy (Paramount, operating): sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/world-energy-paramount-operating, retrieved 2026-10-19. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].