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EcoCeres announced a partnership to supply ISCC-certified HVO from used cooking oil to AstraZeneca's Wuxi facility for backup power. The company states the fuel can cut lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions by up to 90% compared with conventional diesel.
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EASA's 2026 report shows EU Sustainable Aviation Fuel supply reached 1.1 million tonnes in 2025, a 2.8% share exceeding the 2% ReFuelEU mandate. SAF was supplied at 121 airports, reducing GHG emissions by 3.77 million tonnes.
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Cosmo Oil and partners will utilize used cooking oil-derived naphtha co-produced at its Sakai Refinery SAF unit, which began production in FY2025. The naphtha has obtained ISCC certification, following a 2021 NEDO subsidy for bio-jet fuel supply chain development.
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Skyrenu Technologies delivered its first batch of eFuels and eChemicals using CO2 captured directly from the air at Secant Fuel. This milestone, developed by two Sherbrooke companies from University of Sherbrooke research, demonstrates linking direct air capture to carbon conversion.
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Uber Boat by Thames Clippers warns that UK Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation changes exclude tidal rivers from HVO eligibility, making renewable fuel nearly 50% more expensive than diesel. The company states this policy inconsistency has forced a return to conventional diesel, risking slowed decarbonisation on the River Thames.
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Senators Grassley and Klobuchar introduced legislation to extend the Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit. The provided text contains only promotional details for the North American Biocarbon Conference scheduled for March 2-4, 2027, in Atlanta.
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Bayer and Neste finalized a commercial agreement to scale newgold® winter canola as feedstock for renewable diesel and SAF in the US Southern Great Plains. The partnership aims to expand acreage, supply lower-carbon oilseeds, and sell high-protein meal co-products to animal feed markets.
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Verso Energy and Q8 Aviation signed a strategic cooperation agreement for long-term e-SAF supply from Verso’s DEZiR project in Rouen, Normandy. The planned 80,000-tonne-per-year facility targets operations from 2030 to help Q8 Aviation meet RefuelEU Aviation obligations.
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Green Fuel Forward (GFF) announced an expanded partnership structure and new members, including Amazon and Temasek Trust, during New York Climate Week. This expansion marks GFF's shift from building market awareness to facilitating corporate action in sustainable aviation fuel transactions across Asia.
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Petrobras executive Angélica Laureano stated the company intends to intensively increase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. Petrobras has a final investment decision for a HEFA unit at RPBC and is evaluating an ATJ plant at Replan, with SAF marketing beginning at Reduc in 2025.
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OMV Petrom is constructing a 250,000-ton-per-year sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel unit at Petrobrazi, Romania. The company states the facility will use green hydrogen and renewable feedstocks to produce fuels with lower life-cycle emissions.
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Uniper and Arcadia eFuels signed a legally binding agreement for Uniper to offtake 40,000 metric tons of eSAF annually from Arcadia's Project Endor in Denmark. Deliveries are planned for the early 2030s, subject to conditions precedent and the facility commencing commercial operations.
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The Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance announced member commitments to purchase SAF certificates for Infinium Energy's Project Atlas, an eSAF facility expected to produce approximately 100,000 metric tons annually. American Airlines will serve as the physical offtaker, facilitating Scope 3 emission reduction allocation to participating members under SABA's book and claim model.
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SkyNRG is constructing the DSL-01 sustainable aviation fuel plant at the Delfzijl chemical park in the Netherlands, with a capacity of approximately 100,000 tons per year. The facility, expected to become fully operational in 2028, will use waste fats and oils as feedstocks to produce SAF that can be blended with conventional jet fuel without infrastructure changes.
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BiodieselBR reports that ANP authorisations published on 28 September permit BMAX Biocombustível’s plant in Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, to enter operation. Its stated annual capacity is 36,000 cubic metres. The report counts it as Brazil’s 60th biodiesel plant; authorisation and nameplate capacity do not establish realised production or sales.
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The article argues that distributed fast pyrolysis of Canadian timber can produce bio-oil for shipping, avoiding the logistical inefficiencies of centralized gasification. It highlights Canada's vast forest resources and the IMO's decarbonization mandates as drivers for this approach.
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Boeing and RSB launched an India SAF Readiness Assessment covering 9 dimensions and scoring overall readiness at 52%. Feedstocks, production capacity and technology show potential, while policy, financing, demand and infrastructure require further development. The report describes India’s 1%/2027, 2%/2028 and 5%/2030 international-flight blending ambitions as indicative rather than binding. It does not establish that projected feedstock potential is certified supply or that the targets are enacted mandates.
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Hydrocarbon Engineering reports that SkyNRG selected Technip Energies, Sasol and Topsoe for initial FEED activities on Project Wigeon in Washington State. Planned SAF capacity is 143,000 tonnes annually, using renewable natural gas and Fischer–Tropsch technology, with start-up targeted for 2031. The appointments advance engineering towards a future investment decision; they do not establish construction completion or operating production.
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Global e-Fuels reports on Germany, Austria and Luxembourg’s joint double-sided auction mechanism for e-SAF. Germany’s 21 September announcement pledges up to EUR 2 billion, with Austria and Luxembourg offering up to EUR 60 million each, to bridge producer and buyer prices. The official announcement makes support conditional on European Commission state-aid approval; the figures are commitments, not disbursed funds.
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SABA members, including Google and McKinsey, committed to purchasing sustainable aviation fuel certificates from Infinium's Project Atlas. American Airlines serves as the physical offtaker for the SAF, enabling members to claim environmental benefits without direct fuel use.
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Haltermann Carless and INERATEC signed a letter of intent for a power-and-biomass-to-liquids project in Normandy. Haltermann intends to buy bio-e-SAF and bio-e-naphtha for a minimum 10-year period after start-up. Commissioning is planned for 2029; from 2031 the project targets approximately 60,000 tonnes of wood residues annually and at least 13,000 tonnes of Fischer-Tropsch products. These are planned capacity and purchasing intentions, not operating output or a final investment decision.
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Cosmo Oil, Maruzen Petrochemical, Ube-Maruzen, and SAFFAIRE SKY Energy will utilize ISCC-certified naphtha co-produced during SAF production at Cosmo Oil’s Sakai Refinery. The initiative aims to establish a low-carbon supply chain for basic chemicals and polyethylene using domestic used cooking oil.
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Skyrenu delivered its first batch of CO2 captured directly from the air to Secant Fuel as part of a technology showcase. The collaboration, supported by Sherbrooke Innovante, demonstrates linking direct air capture with carbon conversion technologies for low-carbon fuels.
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TEHA Group and Eni released a strategic study identifying biofuels from renewable feedstocks as a solution for European energy security and decarbonization. The report argues that biofuels complement electric mobility by reducing transport emissions and diversifying supply chains.
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Plug Power signed a 280-MW GenEco electrolyzer supply agreement with Arcadia eFuels for Project ENDOR in Denmark, advancing toward final investment decision. The deal includes a strategic cooperation agreement positioning Plug as the preferred electrolyzer supplier for over 1 GW of Arcadia's future e-SAF projects in Europe and the Americas.
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Aether says its integrated demonstration combined 2.5 barrels/day Aurora conversion and upgrading equipment with RTI’s Fischer-Tropsch reactor. Mass-balanced landfill renewable natural gas and industrial CO2 were used as feedstocks, and independent AmSpec testing found the samples met ASTM D 7566 FT-SPK specifications. The results inform the planned 50 barrels/day Project Beacon in Singapore; this is a demonstration milestone, not proof that Beacon has entered commercial production.
Why it matters:Documents an integrated SAF technology demonstration ahead of the proposed Singapore scale-up.
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Aether Fuels announced the successful commissioning of a 2.5 bpd integrated demonstration line producing ASTM D7566-compliant synthetic aviation fuel from RNG and CO2. Independent testing by AmSpec confirmed spec compliance, validating the Aurora platform ahead of the planned 50 bpd Project Beacon in Singapore.
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Haltermann Carless and INERATEC signed a Letter of Intent for the ERA T.H2 project to commercialize e-fuels in Europe. Haltermann Carless plans to buy bio-e-SAF and bio-e-Naphtha for at least ten years after the Normandy plant commissions in 2029.
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Aether Fuels produced ASTM D7566-compliant synthetic aviation fuel from waste-derived feedstocks using its 2.5 bpd Aurora technology. The company plans Project Beacon in Singapore to produce 2,000 metric tons of SAF annually, claiming over 70% lifecycle GHG reductions.
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Alder Renewables announced its 1,000-hour industrial pilot demonstrated sustained production of on-spec Alder Renewable Crude from woody biomass pyrolysis oil. The company is using this data to support scale-up engineering and development of its first full-scale commercial project.
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Plug signed a 280 MW GenEco electrolyzer supply agreement for Arcadia eFuels' ENDOR project at Denmark's Port of Vordingborg. A separate cooperation framework covers four additional projects with more than 1 GW of potential electrolyzer capacity. ENDOR is still advancing toward final investment decision, and equipment delivery starts only after notice to proceed; this announcement does not establish operating fuel capacity.
Why it matters:A verified recent primary-source milestone; announced plans and company claims remain distinct from completed production.
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Moeve and Emerita Resources signed Spain's first industrial-scale 100% renewable diesel (HVO) agreement for the mining sector. The HVO, produced in Huelva, will power machinery and transport at Emerita's Iberian Belt West project, estimated to prevent 2,600 metric tons of CO2 annually.
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Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Kokuka Sangyo, and Hanshin Diesel Works announced the completion of the chemical tanker Kokuryu Maru, equipped with a dedicated methanol-fueled main engine. The vessel, Kokuka Sangyo's first dedicated methanol-fueled ship, completed its first methanol bunkering at Kinoe Port on September 24, 2026, using biomethanol from MGC's Niigata Plant.
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Biofuels International reports Enilive’s planned supply of HVOlution for Alpine’s European Formula One logistics vehicles. The producer says the fuel uses renewable feedstocks, mainly waste oils and fats, and cites a 79.5% average lifecycle reduction for its 2025 fuel. The reported fleet transition remains prospective; the figure is a producer fuel assessment, not measured savings from Alpine’s completed fleet conversion.
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Citing ANP’s weekly compilation, BiodieselBR reports an average distributor purchase price of BRL 5,552.71 per cubic metre for 14–20 September, up 1.1% from the previous week. It says rising production costs absorbed most of the increase, with its sector margin indicator moving from 4.9% to 5.1%. These are reported market indicators, not individual producer profits.
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The American Soybean Association highlights China's commitment to buy at least 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually from 2026 to 2028, providing stability for farmers. ASA notes that U.S. soybeans were excluded from recent Chinese tariff relief, limiting private importer access.
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India has begun construction of its first port-based e-methanol plant at Kandla, Gujarat, with a capacity of 150 tonnes per day. The Rs 2,300 crore facility, a joint venture between DPA and Assam Petro-Chemicals, aims to supply e-methanol to vessels on the Asia-Europe trade corridor.
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Verso Energy will supply 81,000 tons of e-SAF annually from its DEZiR project in France to Q8 Aviation. The partnership supports Q8’s compliance with ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation mandates starting in 2030.
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El Nino may tighten crude palm oil supply, but production impacts lag weather patterns by months. Malaysian yields show mixed results in 2026, with significant effects potentially emerging in 2027.
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Goldwind Green Energy Chemicals' 500,000-tonne wind-powered green methanol project in Inner Mongolia achieved ISCC EU certification. DQS audited the facility's mass balance, traceability, and GHG calculations to verify compliance with EU sustainability requirements for green shipping fuel.