In Spain, El Periodico de la Energia reported that Spanish energy company Cepsa’s CEO Maarten Wetselaar, said that the firm will only build plants to produce SAF once there is a regulatory framework for SAF production. “We invest in a business with almost no framework … “We are investing” but “to triple that investment we […]
In Spain, Investing.com reported that the executive president of Spanish airline Iberia, Javier Sánchez-Prieto, has requested a stable regulatory framework and incentives for the production of SAF so that Europe can compete with the United States and the United Kingdom, where SAF production is already subsidized. Sánchez-Prieto explained that future hydrogen- or electricity-powered aircraft will […]
In New York, PETA has asked Pharrell Williams to use his new appointment as Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director to encourage the luxury brand to ban animal fur and transition to biobased alternatives. In a letter to the “Happy” hitmaker, PETA Celebrity Outreach Principal Jessica Shotorbani notes that Louis Vuitton is one of the last […]
In Washington, use of science-based, consistent and transparent lifecycle analysis methods will be crucially important in implementing the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credit under the Inflation Reduction Act, the Renewable Fuels Association said in comments submitted last Friday to the Department of Treasury. RFA’s comments were in response to a request for comments from the Treasury […]
In the UK, the BBC reported that Heathrow Airport has called for the government to help make sustainable aviation fuel more commercially viable in the country. “It’s about economic opportunity, creating jobs here in the UK and securing the country’s future energy supplies,” said Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye. The executive added that although Heathrow has […]
In Missouri, researchers at the University of Missouri using a $12.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), will explore how two cover crops —camelina and pennycress—could be genetically modified to produce higher overall quantities of a specialty seed oil. The team’s goal is to mass-produce a vegetable oil capable of being used […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports the president has asked his government to create a mechanism allowing for the rollout of B35. Currently, the country blends 30% biodiesel and has been running trials on 40% biodiesel to facilitate future higher blends. The aim is for the country to further reduce its fossil fuel imports while ensuring high […]
In the UK, policy support, in the form of a price support mechanism, is needed to deliver sufficient SAF facilities to meet this target through UK production, says the Sustainable Aviation alliance. It says announced UK plants would only meet around half of the target. New analysis shows that the UK has the necessary Sustainable […]
In Germany, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) says the European Commission’s Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles, as published in December 2021 included an “Industrial Sustainable Carbon challenge” which entails, among other targets, having 20% of all carbon in chemicals and plastic products from sustainable non-fossil sources by 2030. The Communication outlines important strategic steps into […]
In the UK, amid concern about the cost of energy and preparations for potential shortages of power in the coming months, farmers from the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative, Arla, has issued a call to action for the Government to tap into a major unused source of energy from farms and the wider food supply chain. […]
