In January 2025, SAF initiatives advanced globally with airline programs, production milestones in Spain and Asia, airport incentives in the UK, feedstock trials in Australia, technology advancements in the UK, and Axens selected for multiple SAF/HVO projects.
- Envirotainer, a Swedish company specializing in pharmaceutical shipments, has joined Air France KLM Martinair Cargo’s SAF program, an initiative aimed at promoting the use of SAF in air freight operations.
- Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, a SAF producer n Spain, successfully supplied SAF to Air Nostrum at Melilla Airport, Spain, during October and November 2024.
- Heathrow Airport, in London, U.K., has announced an extended SAF incentive program for 2025. The airport will allocate ~$105 million to promote SAF adoption, targeting 3% of total aviation fuel used at Heathrow to be SAF, equivalent to ~62 million gallons.
- PT Kilang Pertamina International (KPI), a subsidiary of Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina, has achieved the ISCC, CORSIA, and EU certifications for their production of SAF from UCO at the Cilacap Refinery, Indonesia.
- Comstock Fuels Corporation, a U.S.-based clean energy technology company, has announced a partnership with Gresham Eastern, a Pakistani energy solutions company, to develop SAF production facilities in Pakistan.
- SK Energy, a South Korean refiner, has successfully delivered SAF to Europe just four months after commencing commercial SAF production at its Ulsan complex, Korea. The Ulsan facility has an annual production capacity of ~33 million gallons of SAF and other low-carbon products.
- Idemitsu Kosan, a Japanese refiner, has announced a trial plantation of the non-edible oilseed tree crop, Pongamia, in Queensland, Australia, starting in January 2025. The trial aims to evaluate Pongamia’s suitability as a feedstock for SAF production using HEFA technology.
- Cosmo Oil, a Japanese energy company, in collaboration with JGC Holdings, Revo International, and Saffaire Sky Energy, has completed the construction of Japan’ first large-scale SAF production facility at the Sakai Refinery in Osaka, Japan. The trial operation is set to commence in January 2025, and aims to product ~8 million gallons of SAF annually.
- NXTClean Fuels recently received approval for its 401 water permit from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). This approval confirms that NXTClean’s $2.5 billion clean fuel facility is safe to operate within Oregon’s strict environmental protection regulations.
- OXCCU, an Oxford-based SAF technology company, has completed a technical and economic analysis of its proprietary CO2 Fischer-Tropsch (CO2 FT) technology, showing that it can reduce capital costs by 50% compared to traditional SAF production methods.
- Axens has been selected by three international firms — Galp, LOKEN, a Malaysian energy company, and SAFCO Venture Holdings, a Pakistani clean energy company — to provide its proprietary technology for the production of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) and SAF. Plan locations have not been specified yet.
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