In Germany, DHL Express said it has signed a five-year strategic partnership with Mytheresa, a luxury e-commerce platform, for its new GoGreen Plus service. This enables CO2e emissions to be reduced through the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) instead of conventional jet fuel. Mytheresa will invest several million euros in GoGreen Plus over a […]
In Arizona, USA BioEnergy, LLC announced Texas Renewable Fuels has been invited by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) to submit a Part II application for a proposed $1.63 billion loan guarantee under the Title XVII Innovative Clean Energy Loan Guarantee Program. “Provided that our application is approved, we plan to […]
The Washington Department of Ecology has published a notice announcing plans to update the state’s clean fuels program regulations to align with legislation signed into law last year that aims to promote the production and use of sustainable aviation fuel. The bill, SB 5447, was signed by Governor Jay Inslee in May 2023. The legislation […]
Elsewhere, the Digest reported that Comstock and its wholly owned subsidiary, Comstock Fuels Corp. had announced that Comstock Fuels’ biointermediate refining technology partner, RenFuel K2B AB, was awarded a Swedish Energy Agency grant of nearly $480,000 to demonstrate an enhancement of RenFuel’s patented catalytic esterification processes to refine lignin co-products from paper production into sustainable […]
In Austria, OMV and Microsoft announced the signing of an agreement to procure sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc). Since March 2022, OMV has been producing SAF by co-processing sustainable and regional raw materials, specifically used cooking oil, at its Schwechat refinery in Austria. OMV has already signed several MoU’s and off-take agreements with international and […]
In Ireland, Research and Markets reported that the global sustainable aviation fuel market is expected to grow from $1.1 billion in 2023 to $ 16.8 billion by 2030. The market is forecast to expand at a CAGR of 47.7% during the forecast period, according to the report. “The sustainable aviation fuel market is experiencing robust […]
In the UK, BBC reported that Chemists at a lab in Gloucestershire have turned human sewage into kerosene. James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO, said: “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant. And of course poo is abundant.” According to the report, Firefly’s team worked with Cranfield University to examine […]
In Florida, Flying Magazine reported that FBO operator Jet Aviation said it reached a long-term supply agreement with World Fuel Services to sell sustainable aviation fuel at its FBOs in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Bozeman, Montana. The recent deal adds to the company’s U.S. SAF sales through its FBO at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), which began […]
In Belgium, Transport & Environment reported that a group of charities and green NGOs, led by Transport & Environment and including Greenpeace and Green Alliance, have sent a letter to the UK Transport Minister demanding that the aviation industry funds the mechanism that will support sustainable aviation fuel production. According to the Department for Transport’s […]
In Switzerland, Tech Funding News reported that Metafuels, a Zurich-based climate tech startup, has developed a product that can help progress aviation fuel technology. According to the report, the Swiss firm has just announced a successful $8 million seed funding round led by prominent climate venture capitalists Energy Impact Partners (EIP) and Contrarian Ventures. “Jet […]
