Honeywell on May 31 announced that bp selected Honeywell's Ecofining technology to help support the production of SAF at five bp facilities across the globe, including those located in the U.S., Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Australia.
Neste and ITOCHU have agreed to extend their collaboration with a licensing agreement allowing ITOCHU to become an official distributor of Neste MY Renewable Diesel in Japan. The two companies initially began collaborating in June 2021.
Kenya's national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) is the first African airline to use SAF provided by Eni for a long-haul flight. KQ's Boeing 787-800 (B787-8) Dreamliner on May 25 flew from Nairobi to Amsterdam.
BDI BioEnergy's Manfred Baumgartner discusses how companies can better prepare for the evolving feedstock landscape.
4AIR, which helps companies offset their emissions, use SAF, and drive technological change, has launched Assure SAF Registry, a blockchain-based web registry designed to document, trace and account for the sustainability attributes of SAF.
World Fuel Services and Neste on May 22 announced a new SAF agreement. The agreement provides World Fuel with greater access to the currently limited supply of SAF available for European commercial, business, and general aviation customers.
The U.S. exported 36,718.1 metric tons of biodiesel and biodiesel blends of B30 and greater in March, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on May 4. Biodiesel imports were at 146,427.7 metric tons.
Neste Corp. released first quarter financial results on April 28, reporting the company's renewable products segment benefitted from robust demand for renewable diesel and favorable feedstock pricing during the three-month period.
Novozymes released first quarter financial results on April 26, reporting that bioenergy sales were up 28 percent during the three-month period. Overall company sales were up 5 percent for the quarter.
The European Commission announced on April 26 that a political agreement has been reached on the REFuelEU Aviation proposal, which creates a mandate requiring the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The European Parliament on April 18 voted 463 to 117 to implement a revision to the European Union's Emissions Trading System that will phase out free allowances for the aviation sector by 2026 and promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Thanks to a strategic cooperation between Q8 and Neste, the heavy transport sector operators can buy Neste MY Renewable Diesel at nine Q8 stations located within Denmark starting on April 17, 2023.
The U.K.'s Jet Zero Council on April 17 released a two-year plan that describes how it will support the government's goal to reach Jet Zero by 2050, including how the council will help accelerate the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The Royal Air Force has successfully completed a Voyager air-to-air refueling flight, powered by an approximately 43 percent blend of SAF. The SAF for the flight was sourced by International Airlines Group, and supplied by bp.
Wizz Air has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cepsa for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2025. The MoU gives Wizz Air the opportunity to purchase SAF from Cepsa to supply the airline's route network across Spain.
The University of Sheffield has been chosen to be the home of the U.K.'s first Sustainable Aviation Fuel Clearing House, a central hub to coordinate the testing and certification of new sustainable aviation fuels.
The U.S. exported 18,576.8 metric tons of biodiesel and biodiesel blends of B30 or greater in February, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on April 5. Biodiesel imports were at 123,302.2 metric tons for the month.
Ethanol Producer Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 2023 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) taking place June 12-14, 2023 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Finnair has purchased 750 tons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Neste to reduce the carbon emissions from flights departing from Helsinki Airport in Finland. The airline aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.
With a historic agreement on aviation fuel made from bio-waste, Air Greenland is taking a major step in the company's ambition to fly more sustainably and at the same time become an international leader.
The U.S. exported 12,908.1 metric tons of biodiesel and biodiesel blends of B30 or greater in January, down from both 65,041 metric tons the previous month and 26,383.6 metric tons in January 2022, according to data released by USDA FAS on March 8.
Air bp, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has announced the first sale of International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) EU SAF from bp's Castellon refinery in Spain.
Neste is considering the establishment of an algae pilot production facility in Spain to further strengthen the growth of its global raw material pool. The project is currently in the planning phase with no final investment decision made yet.
In 2022, Neste's renewable solutions helped customers reduce their GHG emissions globally by 11.1 million tons altogether. This amount equals the annual carbon footprint of the removal of 4 million passenger cars from the roads for a full year.
Greener, cleaner jet fuel has become a hot commodity at Heathrow as the airport embarks on the second year of its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) incentive scheme, which aims to cover up to 50 percent of the extra cost associated with SAF use.
Neste, Airbus, Safran Engines and Microflite have jointly operated Australia's first helicopter flights using SAF. The Airbus H130 helicopter was powered by a Safran Arriel 2D engine and fueled with SAF supplied by Neste.
KBR announced Feb. 20 that it has launched SAF technology in alliance with Swedish Biofuels AB, a technology developer and pioneer in cutting-edge research on biofuels. Validation of KBR's technology was performed in conjunction with DARPA.
Neste and Wizz Air have agreed on the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel from 2025 onwards. The agreement gives Wizz Air the opportunity to purchase 36,000 tons of Neste-produced SAF per annum over a period of three years.
Bell Textron has completed its first flight fueled solely by 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with its Bell 505 becoming the first-ever single engine helicopter to fly using 100 percent SAF, according to Neste.
Neste and Scania are piloting a digital solution that enables easy follow-up and verification of each truck's usage of renewable fuels. The solution combines data from Scania Fleet Management Portal with Neste's fuel emission data.
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