In December 2022, SAF deals increased, adoption spread, diverse sources/tech advanced, and the U.S. approved feedstock funding for more SAF.
- Airlines have signed supply deals with producers such as TotalEnergies, Shell, Fidelis new Energy, and AEG Fuels.
- SAF has penetrated China supported by state-owned SINOPEC and, in the U.S., fixed base operators are taking steps to ensure SAF supply for customers at their sites.
- The U.K. and Germany governments have lent out grants to advance SAF production while stakeholders in Mexico have urged academia and researchers to propose ways to promote SAF supply and SAF producers such as DG Fuels and Calumet are planning to expand their SAF production capacities.
- In terms of technology developments, Germany is promoting methanol-to-SAF production and Brazil-based GeoBiogas is planning small-scale SAF production from biomethane.
- Producers and regulators are realizing the need to diversify SAF feedstocks and the U.S. EPA approved canola oil and the EU approved crops on severely degraded lands as biofuel feedstocks.
- Japan on the other hand is strengthening its used cooking oil collection network to meet growing demand for SAF production globally and domestically.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation has a budget of $297 million as grants for SAF production and other low-emissions technologies under IRA.
- Technip Energies was selected by TotalEnergies for its 56 million gallons per year (gpy) SAF plant in France.
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