In The Netherlands, Macquarie Asset Management said it will support the growth of SAF with an initial investment of up to $191.5 million in SkyNRG via the Macquarie GIG Energy Transition Solutions (MGETS) Fund. This new investment led by Macquarie Asset Management’s specialist Green Investments team will support SkyNRG’s next phase of growth and help […]
In Ireland, RTE reported that Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI) has announced the funding of a new research project on SAF production. The Ibec group which represents the aircraft leasing industry made the announcement at the sector’s second Global Aviation Sustainability Day Conference at the Convention Center Dublin, the report stated. ALI said SAF will play […]
In the UK, Regional Gateway reported that London Oxford Airport based OXCCU has won a government grant of $3.5 million in collaboration with the University of Sheffield Translational Energy Research Center (TERC) and Coryton, which will be used to scale sustainable aviation fuel production. The capital will be used to demonstrate the world’s first direct […]
In South Korea, The Korean Economic Daily reported that Korean Air Lines Co. signed a SAF memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LX Pantos Co. The report noted that this MoU is in line with Korean Air’s Customer Participating SAF Collaboration Program, which is the first of its kind in the domestic air cargo sector. LX […]
In The Netherlands, Shell and Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTHA) signed a long-term agreement to blend sustainable aviation fuel on all aircraft fuelled at the airport, starting in 2024. The the airport will accelerate its efforts by setting itself a minimum target of 8% to meet the more ambitious goal of the Dutch aviation sector […]
In Georgia, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the successful completion of the world’s first trans-Atlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Accomplished on November 19, the flight took place on a Gulfstream G600 aircraft, which departed the company’s headquarters in Savannah and landed 6 hours, 56 minutes later at Farnborough Airport in England. The aircraft was […]
In Illinois, Project Speedbird – a joint partnership between LanzaJet, British Airways (BA), and Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) – said it has secured new funding totaling $11.2 million from the UK Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition. LanzaJet, and NPT, a UK-based cleantech company developing advanced biofuels used to produce SAF, will receive the funding […]
In Kansas, PRNewswire reported Conestoga Energy and SAFFiRE Renewables agreement for Conestoga to host SAFFiRE’s cellulosic ethanol pilot plant at Conestoga’s Arkalon Energy ethanol facility in Liberal, Kansas. The SAFFiRE pilot project aims to validate and demonstrate the commercialization of SAFFiRE’s corn-stover-to-ethanol technology in a fully integrated pilot facility that processes 10 tons of corn […]
In the United Arab Emirates, Jetex claimed to be the first company to offer SAF to private aircraft operators in the United Arab Emirates. Jetex said it will now offer aircraft operators and private owners the possibility of significantly reducing emissions whenever they operate flights from its flagship private terminal in Dubai. “Bringing SAF to […]
In Denmark, ALIGHT said that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has become a new dedicated partner in the ALIGHT project. In close collaboration with other key partners in ALIGHT, Airbus will perform crucial cost benefit analyses on future SAF scenarios and help determine both feasibility and viability of each of the identified scenarios for sustainable aviation. […]
