sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

The high price tag on sustainable aviation fuel, coupled with a lack of European producers, are headaches for Air France-KLM as they aim to meet climate goals.

New refineries and increasing deliveries hold promise, but obstacles to book-and-claim are slowing uptake.

Already licensed for use at 35 plants globally, UOP’s technology produces HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) SAF from waste fats, oils and greases.

Airline private equity group Indigo Partners has invested $50 million in U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup CleanJoule.

Daniel Iracane, a member of France’s Technology Academy, calls the product e-bio-SAF, where “e” stands for the electric power needed to produce hydrogen.

The move expands the current target for airlines to have at least 10% SAF in their total fuel uptake.

In one of the main changes, All Nippon Airways has set a goal of reducing total CO2 emissions by 10% or more by fiscal 2030, compared to fiscal 2019 levels.

Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas Dagangan Berhad will supply the airline group with more than 230,000 tons of neat SAF beginning in 2027.

Carbon market experts are aiming to capitalize on growing demand for transparency within the business aviation sector.

Commercial airlines and others could out-maneuver business aviation in securing the limited global sustainable aviation fuel supply, EBACE attendees hear.

The proposed biorefinery at south Malaysia’s Pengerang Integrated Complex would produce HEFA/HVO, SAF and bionaphtha at a capacity of 12,500 barrels daily.

High-speed airliner developer Boom Supersonic agreed to a sustainable aviation fuel deal with power-to-liquid producer Dimensional Energy for Overture testing.

The commitment by IATA member airlines at the AGM in Boston in 2021 to be carbon net zero by 2050 was remarkable.

Engine-makers are accelerating tests of business aircraft engines with 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

Demand for sustainable aviation fuel is growing within the business aviation sphere, with securing supply still the real challenge.

Sustainability, the future of flight and the latest in innovation and products will be the key focus of EBACE 2023.

Neste has officially opened its Singapore SAF plant, which promises to bring total SAF products in the city-state to one million tons annually.

The European airframer has reached an agreement with Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company.

Boeing is asking suppliers for help defining a SAF type fluid for testing a wide range of components from simple seals to entire engines.

AI in aviation; flying hydrogen lab; Seoul’s UAM routes; and Alder’s fuel progresses.

Senior government ministers from the U.S., U.K. and Canada will chair the SAF Investor Summit.

Emirates' Tim Clark warns that commercial aviation emission reduction goals will not be met with existing pathways as he is injecting $200 million into eco-R&D.

The U.S. startup has commissioned a pilot-production unit, or skid, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado.

Honeywell has launched processing technology to produce eSAF via their UOP eFining methanol-to-jet process that converts e-methanol to eSAF at high yields.

eVTOL noise rules; Adaptive drone wings; Assuring autonomy; and A220 on 100% SAF.