In Ireland, Ryanair announced that it will take an additional 500 tons of SAF from OMV in 2024. This agreement will save a further 1,250 tons in CO2 emissions, the airline said. Under Ryanair and OMV’s agreement, Ryanair has unique access to purchase up to 160,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV up to 2030. […]
In Brazil, FS claimed to be the first Brazilian corn ethanol industry to receive the ISCC international certification (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification), attesting that its production process meets international requirements for the production and supply of ethanol and corn oil for the production of SAF. Furthermore, FS also said it is the first ethanol […]
In Finland, Neste has launched its new emission reduction solution, Neste Impact, for businesses looking to reduce the carbon footprint of their air travel and transport activities. The company said that the new solution is based on purchasing Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel with which greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) can be reduced by up to […]
In the UK, Green Car Congress reported that a team of researchers at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) has compared the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and methanol pathways for the production of SAF derived from renewable energy sources. The results, published in an open-access paper in the journal Fuel, show a very high carbon efficiency of […]
In Romania, OMV Petrom announced the signing of two financing contracts for the construction of two production facilities for green hydrogen with a total capacity of 55 MW at the Petrobrazi refinery. The contracts were signed with the Romanian Ministry of Energy for a maximum. The projects consist of building two water electrolysis plants of […]
In the UK, International Airlines Group (IAG) announced its largest SAF purchase agreement to date, with Twelve, which will supply advanced e-SAF made from made from CO2, water and renewable energy. Under the terms of the fourteen-year contract, Twelve will supply IAG with 785,000 tons of e-SAF to support its five European airlines (British Airways, […]
In Illinois, LanzaJet announced a $30 million investment by Southwest Airlines in LanzaJet. As part of the agreement, LanzaJet and Southwest intend to work toward the development of a sustainable aviation fuel production facility and collaborate to advance the operations of a corn stover to ethanol technology company in which Southwest is invested, which is […]
In California, Ampaire Inc., a specialist in hybrid electric aircraft systems, said it has completed its first ground test utilizing pure 100% ASTM D7566 SAF produced by Dimensional Energy from electricity and carbon dioxide. Ampaire said it conducted rigorous ground testing using its Eco Caravan hybrid electric aircraft to validate the performance and viability of […]
In Japan, Japan Airlines (JAL) said it is participating in the “FRY to FLY Project”, which aims to realize a decarbonized society through domestic resource recycling, and is promoting initiatives for the production of SAF by utilizing used cooking oil as its feedstock. JAL has signed a partnership agreement with Yokohama City, a participant in […]
In Iowa, Successful Farming reported that US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that ethanol will be included when the Biden administration spells out eligibility for lucrative tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel. “We’re working very hard to make that happen, and I’m confident that it will happen,” he said. “I want to assure you that […]
