USD Clean Fuels to build biofuels terminal

USD Clean Fuels LLC (USDCF) has announced its intention to build a new biofuels terminal in National City, California, US, that will have the capability to transload renewable diesel, biodiesel, ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The terminal will be served by the BNSF Railway and will provide efficient transportation of clean fuels to the

First plane with SAF takes off in Brussels

A Brussels Airlines flight that partly runs on synthetic SAF took off from Brussels Airport on January 1, 2023. Brussels Airport offers this SAF via the NATO pipeline that also supplies regular kerosene. Brussels Airlines flight SN3737 to Malaga, operated by Airbus A320 OO-SNO took off from Brussels Airport with a first: the aircraft flew

ANA to collaborate with JOIN for SAF

All Nippon Airways and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding to mutually cooperate on initiatives aimed at manufacturing and procuring sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) overseas. Based on this MOU, ANA will provide advice and other support to JOIN’s SAF projects overseas, based on its experience and

VistaJet joins hand with AEG Fuels for SAF

VistaJet announced an agreement with AEG Fuels to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) produced by OMV at Vienna International Airport. The agreement accelerates VistaJet’s journey to carbon neutrality by 2025. VistaJet’s commitment to replace over 200,000 USG of conventional jet fuel consumption with a blended SAF is expected to generate over 165,000 kg of CO2

Nippon Cargo Airlines to use Neste MY SAF

Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has for the first time used Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel for several cargo flights in November and December 2022. The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is supplied by Neste at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands. The flights with SAF are a result of NCA’s commitment to making consistent efforts to

Virgin Atlantic to operate first transatlantic flight on SAF

The world’s first netzero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year, with Virgin Atlantic set to fly one of its Boeing 787 aircraft from London to New York using solely sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline has received UK government funding for the flight to show how SAF could replace conventional jet

Vertimass along with its partners bags contract for conversion of SAF from CO2

Vertimass, with the mission to commercialize breakthrough sustainable fuels that reduce carbon emissions, announced that a consortium with whom it is partnering has been awarded approximately $1.35 million to pilot the conversion of green hydrogen and carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel. The funds were granted by the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP)

TotalEnergies to collaborate with Air France-KLM for SAF

TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the delivery of more than 1 million m3/800 000 t of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by TotalEnergies to Air France-KLM Group airlines over a 10-year period, from 2023. This SAF will be produced by TotalEnergies at its biorefineries. It will be made available

Boeing aims to rum all aircraft from 2030 on SAF

As the global aviation industry seeks to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, original equipment manufacturer Boeing is exploring what it will take to transition airlines’ current fleet to 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAF is a biofuel with a lower carbon footprint than conventional jet fuel, and is approved, at present, for use

India gets ready for SAF mandate

India’s government is committed to developing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate, delegates heard at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) aviation energy forum in New Delhi. India’s civil aviation secretary Rajiv Bansal said that his ministry and the petroleum and natural gas ministry are jointly working to mandate a certain percentage of blending of