In April 2024, SAF efforts advanced through airline procurement, inaugural flights, technology partnerships, feedstock initiatives, biofuel plant operations, and supportive government policies.
- Boeing announced the purchase of 9.4 million gallons of 30% blended SAF.
- Croatia Airlines conducted its first international and domestic flights using SAF.
- Topsoe has announced a partnership with Cepsa to provide its proprietary technology to produce renewable diesel and SAF at Cepsa and Bio-Oils’ new second-generation biofuels plant in Palos de La Frontera, Spain.
- Japan Airlines announced it has initiated a pilot program in collaboration with Yokohama City, Japan, to convert used cooking oil into SAF for its flights.
- Philips 66 announced that its Rodeo biorefinery in California is expected to produce ~800 million gallons of renewable diesel per year by the end of the second quarter while SAF production is anticipated to begin soon.
- Topsoe has announced a partnership with Guangxi Hongkun Biomass, a China-based biofuels producer, to provide its proprietary technology to produce SAF at the company’s plant in China.
- Valero announced that its SAF production facility in Texas is projected to be operational this year.
- The U.S. Department of Treasury has finalized tax credit guidelines for SAF production, permitting the use of the GREET model favored by the ethanol industry to calculate GHG emissions from aviation fuel.
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