Kilang Pertamina Internasional, the refining arm of Indonesia’s state-owned energy company Pertamina, plans to produce its first batch of certified sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the first quarter of this year. The company received SAF certifications in December, including the International Sustainability Carbon Certification (ISCC), the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) […]
Spanish airlines will pay an additional €234.2 million this year for the use of 2% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) since the EU’s sustainable aviation fuel mandate came into force on January 1, the Spanish aviation group Asociación de Líneas Aéreas said on January 2, adding that it would be a good idea for Spanish airlines […]
Spanish airlines will pay an additional €234.2 million this year for the use of 2% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) since the EU’s sustainable aviation fuel mandate came into force on January 1, the Spanish aviation group Asociación de Líneas Aéreas said on January 2, adding that it would be a good idea for Spanish airlines […]
Jan. 5 — SK Energy, South Korea’s largest refiner, said today it has shipped its first shipment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Europe, which has implemented one of the world’s most stringent carbon neutral regulations for the aviation industry. With the shipment, SK Energy, a subsidiary of SK Innovation Co. and Korea’s largest energy […]
The UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) legislation came into effect on January 1st. Under the law, SAF must account for at least 2% of all aviation fuel used on flights departing from the UK from 2025, rising annually to 10% by 2030 and 22% by 2040. The UK government says that by 2030, the UK […]
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), recently released the report Sustainable Aviation Fuel Blending and Logistics. The report, which is the result of ongoing collaboration between NREL researchers and aviation industry stakeholders, provides information and recommendations on effective petroleum jet fuel (Jet […]
The East African newspaper reports that African airlines are protesting the European Commission’s new regulations requiring them to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) when departing from European airports. They argue that the high cost of SAF could drive them out of business. Smaller carriers, such as Uganda Airlines and Air Tanzania, which are set to […]
Portugal’s Galp Energia, which operates as an oil producer and refiner, expects to start producing biodiesel and biojet fuel from waste in an industrial-scale unit to be built at its Sinesh refinery in 2026, Reuters said on Thursday, citing a statement from the company. Last year, Galp formed a joint venture with Japan’s Mitsui, each […]
On December 20, Chiyoda Corporation announced that it has been successfully awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Idemitsu Kogyo Co. for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility at the Tokuyama Complex Facility in Shonan, Japan. Idemitsu plans to commit to producing 500 million liters (approximately 132 million gallons) of SAF annually through […]
In the early morning of 19th December 2024, a B737 all-cargo aircraft of SF Airlines refuelled with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) took off from Ningbo, successfully completing the first SAF commercial flight of an all-cargo aircraft in China, marking an important step in the green development of cargo aviation. At the ‘Zero Carbon Future – […]