In Israel, The Times of Israel reported that The Israeli Sustainable Aviation Fuel Knowledge Center (iSAF) has been inaugurated at the Technion. The report noted that Israel has a 2030 goal of producing sustainable aviation fuels locally. The new center has five primary goals, according to the notice: developing a national research strategy for alternative aviation fuels; creating world-class advanced research infrastructure; fostering scientific and engineering leadership while training the next generation of scientists in the field; encouraging Israeli and international collaborations between academia and industry; and accumulating and disseminating knowledge to researchers, the public, and decision-makers. The iSAF program is supported by the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology and is a partnership with aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The new center is directed by experts from the Technion’s Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering and includes researchers from the Technion, Bar-Ilan University, and Ben-Gurion University, the report added.
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