In India, the Times of India newspaper reports that IOCL’s Panipat refinery is the first in the country to be certified for production of sustainability aviation fuel. The refinery is co-processing used cooking oil with conventional aviation fuel to produce the SAF. Cotecna, who provided the certification, recently became India’s first CORSIA ISCC certifying body. […]
In Japan, in August 2024, a project was launched by Itochu Corporation, Eneos Corporation, Nippon Express Holdings, Inc., Japan Airlines Co., Ltd., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd., And Narita International Airport Corporation to build a new scheme for trading Scope 3 environmental value to encourage the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). […]
In Brazil, Cemvita recently signed an engagement agreement with Invest RS, formalizing its plan to build a facility in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, for the production of FermOil™. This sustainable oil will be used as feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production. The plant will also produce FermNPK™, an innovative biofertilizer that supports regenerative […]
In United States & international, XCF Global, Inc. has unveiled plans to invest nearly US $1 billion by 2028, to build a modular network of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production plants. Its flagship New Rise Reno facility is already producing with ~$350 million invested, generating ~60 engineering and management jobs in Nevada. The U.S. pipeline includes three new sites—New Rise Reno 2 (2027), plus facilities in Fort Myers, […]
In Canada, Provectus Biofuels Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with the Town of Vegreville to develop a biofuel facility that will convert the abundant wheat straw feedstock available in the area into Renewable Jet Fuel. Through this collaboration, Provectus aims to repurpose wheat straw into high-value low-carbon jet fuel providing: · A new […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €36 million (DKK 268 million) Danish measure aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the domestic aviation sector. This will be achieved through encouraging the use of sustainable aviation fuel for domestic flights. This is the first State aid scheme approved by […]
In Canada, the Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization (CADO), and 4AIR announced a strategic collaboration between their respective Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) registries. The collaboration’s key focus is on interoperability to enhance data integrity, mitigate double issuance risks, and facilitate efficient cross-registry SAF certificate handling between commercial and business aviation. The collaboration between the CADO SAF Registry […]
In the UK, Shell Aviation, Accenture, and American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced recently that Avelia is in the process of evolving to an industry solution with independent data hosting and a multi-supplier model helping users access the GHG benefits of SAF from multiple SAF suppliers, including Shell. Avelia’s evolution aims to better […]
In Croatia, for the first time in its history, the Rijeka Refinery has produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF – Sustainable Aviation Fuel). As part of its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and align with European renewable energy regulations, INA has successfully completed a pilot project to process biogenic feedstock at the Hydrocracking Unit of […]
In Singapore, Neste and DHL Express have strengthened their collaboration with the supply of 7,400 tons (9.5 million liters) of neat, i.e. unblended, Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ to DHL Express at Singapore Changi Airport starting July 2025. This marks one of Asia’s largest SAF deals by volume in the air cargo sector and helps […]
