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AIIB lends $58 million to Acelen for Brazil SAF biorefinery

AIIB committed $58 million to Acelen's Bahia biorefinery, backing a 20,000-bpd HEFA plant that will turn waste oils and soybean oil into SAF and HVO.

American Airlines, Google strike record SAF deal for 35 million gallons

American and Google locked in 35 million gallons of SAF over three years, topping all publicly announced airline-corporate SAFc agreements to date.

Technip, Airbus launch joint venture for major SAF plant in France

Technip Energies, Airbus, Safran and Tereos formed Rebound to build a 160,000-ton-a-year SAF plant at Dunkirk, tying ethanol supply to aircraft offtake.

Syzygy Plasmonics wins World Fuel backing for NovaSAF plants

Syzygy Plasmonics locked in World Fuel for future NovaSAF supply as its first Uruguay plant advances toward construction.

IATA warns sustainable aviation fuel market remains under pressure

IATA said SAF output should reach 2.4 million tonnes in 2026, yet that would still cover only 0.8% of aviation fuel use and cost airlines $4.3 billion.

Jun 8, 2026·2 min read

Emirates flies first A380 demo with 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Emirates flew the first A380 demo on 100% SAF in one engine, a proof-of-concept that spotlights the supply gap to commercial scale.

Jun 8, 2026·2 min read

Axens, Green Sky Capital plan Africa's first sustainable aviation fuel plant in Egypt

Axens and Green Sky Capital unveiled a 200,000-tonne SAF plant in Egypt, targeting first output by end-2027 and aiming to turn Ain Sokhna into a fuel hub.

SAF shortages and policy gaps threaten aviation’s net-zero goals

Global SAF output is set to hit 2 million tonnes in 2025, just 0.7% of airline fuel use, while CORSIA credits and mandates still lag compliance needs.

NorSAF picks KBR PureSAF for hybrid SAF plant in Latvia

NorSAF locked in KBR’s PureSAF for a 100,000-ton Baltic SAF plant, but the Liepaja project still has to clear permitting, financing and construction.

IATA and ICAO join forces to track sustainable aviation fuel progress

IATA and ICAO moved to align SAF accounting just as IATA projected 2.4 million tonnes of output in 2026, equal to 0.8% of aviation fuel use.

Summer travel season tests whether sustainable aviation fuel can scale

Air travel’s peak season is turning SAF from policy target to operational test, with 3 billion gallons a year due by 2030 and supply still the choke point.

Jun 6, 2026·5 min read

MOL Group completes second SAF and renewable diesel test at Rijeka refinery

MOL Group completed its second SAF and renewable diesel test at Rijeka, co-processing 5% POME and producing the refinery’s first SAF in history.

Syntholene to launch geothermal eSAF demo plant in Iceland

Syntholene said its Húsavík demo secured 20MW of geothermal power, a key test of whether eSAF can cut electricity costs and carbon intensity.

Renewable Diesel

Mazda, Nippon Express trial hydrotreated vegetable oil in vehicle transport

Mazda and Nippon Express have put HVO into finished-vehicle trailers on a 12-km route, testing whether drop-in renewable diesel can cut freight emissions without changing equipment.

FrontFuel links biogas to aviation fuel in end-to-end SAF demo

FrontFuel turned biogas and CO2 into synthetic crude at Foulum, pushing a power-to-liquids SAF chain from syngas to upgrading in one run.

ENOC, Allied Biofuels explore SAF distribution link from Uzbekistan

ENOC and Allied Biofuels moved to build a SAF corridor from Uzbekistan to Middle Eastern airports, with a working group to test a long-term route.

Renewable Diesel

ORLEN launches 300,000-tonne HVO plant in Płock, boosts biofuel output

ORLEN put a 300,000-tonne HVO unit in Płock into service, pitching rapeseed oil and used cooking oil as a way to cut import reliance and lift biofuel output to 700,000 tonnes.

Jun 4, 2026·2 min read

Food waste becomes jet fuel in circular hydrothermal refinery

Food waste is being turned into 100% drop-in jet fuel through hydrothermal liquefaction and cobalt molybdenum upgrading, but certification and scale still define the race.

Jun 3, 2026·5 min read

Study says U.S. could reach two-thirds of 2030 SAF target

A Washington State University study said U.S. SAF output could hit 2.1 billion gallons by 2030, but that still leaves a 900 million-gallon gap.

Jun 3, 2026·2 min read