In Bulgaria, Renewables Now reported that Sumitomo Corporation do Brasil, a unit of Japanese trader Sumitomo Corp, has teamed up with Brazilian biodiesel producer Be8 for the distribution of sustainable aviation fuel in Europe. Under the partnership, the duo will aim to supply SAF from Be8’s Omega Green plant, which the Brazilian firm is building […]
In the UK, Business Airport International reported that Million Air Austin has added sustainable aviation fuel at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in partnership with Avfuel Corporation. “Austin is a business-centric city that also values environmental responsibility,” said Roger Woolsey, chief executive at Million Air Interlink. “Bringing SAF to Million Air Austin is about giving our […]
In Texas, XCF Global announced new development milestones at its New Rise Reno 2 site, the company’s second SAF production facility. XCF said it has completed initial site work at New Rise Reno 2, including grading of the 10-acre parcel and construction of new access roads. Engineering, design, and project planning are underway, positioning construction […]
In Egypt, the Egyptian government signed a production license agreement with US conglomerate Honeywell UOP to launch its first sustainable aviation fuel plant. Petroleum Minister Karim Badawy oversaw the signing between the Egyptian Sustainable Aviation Fuel Company (ESAF), part of the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), and Honeywell UOP. The project — to be built […]
In the UK, the UK Parliament reported that members of the House of Lords started their detailed examination of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill in committee stage on Wednesday 10 December. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill will introduce a revenue certainty mechanism to support the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the UK. The bill […]
In Canada, AviTrade reported that Willis Sustainable Fuels UK (WSF), a subsidiary of Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC), and the Green Finance Institute (GFI), an independent adviser to governments and investors, have launched a sustainable aviation fuel project accelerator. The initiative is designed to progress WSF’s SAF project at Wilton International in Teesside to ‘Final […]
In India, BioEnergy Times reported that Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex is exploring the possibility of investing in a biorefinery that would produce biogas and sustainable aviation fuel. Environment Minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra said that Pemex would partner with a Spanish company for the project, which is planned as part of a proposed circular economy […]
In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that Australia’s sorghum production is forecast to reach 2.6 million tons in 2025-26, up 200,000 tons from the September estimate, but 14 percentage points down on last season, according to Australian government agency ABARES. The report noted that Queensland region is expected to produce 1.7 million tons of this total, 100,000 […]
In Brazil, Reuters reported that Brazil’s 2025/26 soybean crop is expected to reach a new record of 171.89 million tons, representing a 1.4% annual increase compared to the previous season, according to a projection by consultancy Pátria AgroNegócios. The company slightly raised its projection compared to the previous assessment of 171.51 million tons, considering a […]
In the US, pv magazine reported that a research team from the United States’ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has experimentally examined how shading in agrivoltaic systems influences sorghum and soybean grain yields, focusing on source-sink dynamics, which are the processes by which plants produce and allocate assimilates like sugars during growth. “To our knowledge, no […]
