In Malaysia, the New Straits Times newspaper reports that the country will test out a 1% sustainable aviation fuel blending mandate for international flights departing from Kuala Lumpur international airport. EcoCeres began producing SAF in October, ensuring domestic supply. The facility has the capacity to produce 350,000 metric tons of SAF annually. Introducing the trial […]
In Germany, Skymetrix and 123Carbon announced a partnership to simplify and enhance the management of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for airlines. This collaboration will connect Skymetrix’s digital fuel management platform to 123Carbon’s carbon insetting platform, enabling the full end-to-end management of SAF: from the producer to the sustainability report generated by the airline customers. The […]
In Switzerland, Spring GDS is launching its’ Book & Claim solution to reduce emissions from air transport in November 2025. Following the success of its HVO100 biofuel initiative that reduces road transport emissions by up to 90 %, it is expanding its sustainability focus to air transport. Shipping by air is a significant source of […]
In Germany, DHL Express has announced a significant Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) agreement with Phillips 66. This agreement will see the delivery of over 240,000 metric tons of SAF over a three-year period, aimed at reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 737,000 metric tons compared to conventional jet fuel, marking a major milestone in […]
In California, Erg Bio has closed a $6.5 million seed round led by Azolla Ventures, with participation from Chevron Technology Ventures, Freeflow, Plug and Play and strategic angel investors. The funding will enable Erg Bio to scale its Aspire™ Technology, a proprietary low-temperature pretreatment and catalytic platform, that aims to transform agricultural and forestry wastes […]
In the UK, Rolls-Royce is leading a new project to find smarter ways of using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to increase its effectiveness and role in reducing non-CO2 emissions, specifically those associated with contrail formation. Co-funded through the Non-CO2 Programme, part of the ATI Programme, the Quantifying Reduction in Thermal Contrails by Optimising SAF (QRITOS) […]
In Tennessee, last month, FedEx continued its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) procurement momentum, beginning to take delivery of blended SAF at two additional U.S. airports for the first time: Chicago-O’Hare Airport and Miami International Airport. The start of these fuel deliveries in October marked the company’s second and third deployments of blended SAF at a […]
In Louisiana, DG Fuels LLC announced its appointment of SAMSUNG E&A as a major contractor for its inaugural synthetic jet fuel project in St. James Parish, Louisiana, with responsibilities for the blue hydrogen, green hydrogen, and power generation portions of the approximately $8 billion synthetic jet fuel project. The parties have signed a term sheet, […]
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered a novel way to address the problem of air travel’s greenhouse gas emissions—by converting food waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that meets industry standards without relying on fossil fuel blends. Their process, described in a new Nature Communications study, could help the aviation […]
In Texas, XCF Global, Inc. announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Impact Jets, LLC, a private aviation platform, to accelerate SAF adoption across the private jet market. Under the MOU, Impact Jets is expected to launch a “Powered by XCF SAF” program to onboard private jet operators and clients into direct SAF purchasing through XCF. […]
