sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Laminar flow and cryogenic propulsion top technology lists in the NASA studies.

SAF producers and proponents of electric flight urge the EC to extend the European Union Emissions Trading System to flights departing the 27-nation EU bloc.

Lockheed’s printed attack drone; flying on solid-state batteries; Embraer tests hydrogen; and SAF from cow manure.

The UK government is to provide £219 million in funding over the next four years to help develop domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.

Circularity Fuels produces ASTM-compliant SAF from cow manure biogas in California pilot, targeting cost parity with conventional jet fuel.

It's not about policies that require SAF, or designing scalable, affordable SAF. The most significant threat to scaling SAF is airport infrastructure itself.

Airlines have partly succeeded at passing on higher costs to consumers this year, but carriers worry that they might soon ask for too much and strangle demand.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Two German companies have signed a deal to advance the commercialization of electric sustainable aviation fuels (eSAF).

The power-to-liquids tech developer sees a path forward for electro-sustainable aviation fuel.

Under terms of the deal, American will purchase and take delivery of 35 million gal. of SAF over three years for use at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

Four companies are forming a joint venture (JV) to create a large-scale French sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Dunkirk, France.

KLM Cityhopper has operated a commercial passenger flight between Amsterdam and Hamburg using a 5% blend of electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF).

Sustainable aviation fuel will likely account for less than 1% of total commercial aviation use this year.

Cemvita has completed an industrial-scale demonstration of its process to convert a waste byproduct from biodiesel production to a feedstock for SAF.

Regarding SAF, some airline executives say high costs, limited supply and scalability concerns have tempered expectations.

IATA has pledged to work more closely with the ICAO to advance transparency and integrity in tracking progress of sustainable aviation fuels.

A study by Airbus-backed think tank Bauhaus Luftfahrt estimates the societal costs of aviation's climate impact for different decarbonization pathways.

If Gulf governments were to address the asymmetry between international compliance obligations and the absence of a domestic framework, it could prove a renewed incentive for further emissions intensity reductions.

Latvia plans Europe's first 100% SAF production plant using Swedish Biofuels technology with 2031 operational target.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have issued a joint report warning that SAF goals will be hard to achieve at the current rate of supply.

U.S. synthetic fuel developer Syntholene expects its demonstration facility in Iceland to be operational as soon as June, six months ahead of schedule.

Acelen Renewables has secured $1.5 billion in funding to begin construction of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Bahia state.

A joint venture with plans to produce power-to-liquid SAF in the port of Skelleftea, Sweden, has received a $24 million grant from the Swedish Energy Agency.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is warning that potential inflationary pressures and weakening consumer sentiment could deter travel demand.