Newsflow SAF Adoption and Infrastructure Development: Budapest Airport: VINCI Airports has successfully implemented SAF capabilities at Budapest Airport, achieving ISCC EU certification, demonstrating a practical step toward the mandatory 2% SAF usage requirement by 2025. The CEO of Budapest Airport, Francois Berisot, stated, “The availability of sustainable aviation fuel at Budapest Airport is a very […]
In Azerbaijan, Azerbaycan24 reported that local state energy firm SOCAR is exploring the potential for producing sustainable aviation fuel in Turkey. “We anticipate a growing demand for biofuels in the oil refining sector and we are currently working on a related project, which is for the production of SAF. The project is in the technical […]
In Japan, Japanese airline Skymark Airlines said it has signed an agreement with ENEOS Corporation regarding the purchase of SAF in Japan. From February 4, 2025, to the end of March 2025, a certain amount of SAF derived from used cooking oil will be blended into aviation fuel and supplied for flights departing from Haneda […]
In the Netherlands, Power2X has contracted Worle, to provide engineering and project management services for its eFuels Rotterdam project – a world-scale production facility for sustainable aviation fuel and ultra-low carbon fuels. The Power2X production facility will use imported green methanol produced from green hydrogen and biogenic carbon as feedstock and have the capacity to […]
In Spain, Moeve and Norwegian signed a contract to accelerate the decarbonization of air transport between Spain and the Nordic region by promoting sustainable aviation fuel. As part of the contract, Norwegian used SAF supplied by Moeve for flights from Las Palmas airport in Spain to Nordic countries, primarily Norway and Sweden, as well as […]
In Florida, Blue Biofuels announced the signing of an agreement to acquire 35.5 acres of land in Frostproof, Florida, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commercialization efforts. The site will house a production facility designed to produce an initial 3 million gallons of biofuel annually. The infrastructure and available land can support future expansion […]
In Finland, Neste and DHL Group have agreed to jointly evaluate how Neste’s renewable solutions such as renewable diesel, also known as “HVO100”, and sustainable aviation fuel can support DHL in its decarbonization targets in air and road transportation. DHL Group aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emission logistics by 2050. Interim targets by 2030 […]
In Belgium, Euroactive reported that the German and French aviation associations have called on the European Commission to act immediately against the “competitive distortions” caused by new sustainable fuels rules, pitching a tailored levy for passengers as a solution. From this year, all flights departing from an EU airport will be obliged to include a […]
In Belgium, the European Comission said that on 6 February 2025, it adopted a Delegated Regulation setting out the European Union (EU) rules for the support system established and financed by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), to speed up the use of sustainable aviation fuels. The European Climate Law sets an economy-wide target […]
The prospects for drop-in fuels advanced materially today with big news from Aether and Comstock. In Singapore, Singapore Airlines signed a MoU to procure neat SAF for five years with an option for a five-year extension from Aether Fuels, when Aether plants begin commercial production, Aether will use waste carbon feedstock to produce the fuel, […]
