The EU on Sept. 17 announced it will allocate approximately €100 million ($117.88 million) of EU Emissions Trading Systems emissions allowances to 53 aircraft operators to help offset costs of SAF used in 2024.
EFT licensee Highbury Energy Inc. and WBCEC are advancing a CAD$210M Indigenous-led biomass-to-fuels project in Fort Frances, Ontario. The facility will use woody biomass to produce SAF and renewable diesel.
The government of Australia on Sept. 17 announced plans to invest AU$1.1 billion ($731.84 million) to support the domestic production of drop-in, low-carbon liquid fuels, such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The U.S. EPA on Sept. 16 released a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) that considers several options for reallocating RFS renewable volume obligations (RVOs) waived under the small refinery exemption (SRE) program.
Haffner Energy and Luxaviation Group are strengthening their partnership with a non-exclusive 15-year offtake agreement in Europe with fixed SAF volume and price terms, both companies announced on Sept. 10.
The U.S. EPA on Sept. 12 released a proposed rule to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. If finalized, the proposal would remove reporting obligations for most large facilities, all fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and CO2 injection sites.
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers in September filed separate lawsuits challenging the U.S. EPA’s final rule to partially waive 2024 cellulosic blending obligations under the RFS.
Provectus Biofuels Inc. on Sept. 11 announced it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with a regional Alberta airport that sets out indicative terms under which both parties intend to negotiate a definitive long-term offtake agreement for SAF.
The USDA maintained its 2024-’25 and 2025-’26 forecasts for soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest WASDE report, released Sept. 12. The estimate for 2023-’24 soybean oil use in biofuel production was revised up.
The USDA increased its forecast for 2025 soybean production in its latest Crop Production report, released Sept. 12. Soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.3 billion bushels, up slightly from the August forecast, but down 2% from last year.
Sen. Chuck Grassley on Sept. 10 called the U.S. Treasury Department’s planned May 2026 release of proposed 45Z clean fuel production credit regulations “unacceptable” and stressed the importance of timely 45Z guidance to two Treasury nominees.
Worley has been awarded a contract by Preem for FEED verification for the planned conversion of the ICR plant at the Lysekil refinery in Sweden from conventional diesel production to the production of renewable diesel and SAF.
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has been awarded an engineering study contract by Altalto Ltd. based on its proprietary NX Circular gasification and NX CPO technologies for a SAF plant in the U.K.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Aug. 29 awarded funding to two SAF research projects, including a project that aims produce SAF from bio-derived methanol and a project that aims to use distillers grains with solubles (DGS) as a SAF feedstock.
More than 40 members of Congress on Sept. 9 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging the agency to reduce proposed RFS RVOs for 2026 and 2027, block reallocation of SRE volumes, and scrap plans to boost domestic biofuel production.
USA BioEnergy on Sept. 10 announced it has selected Johnson Matthey and Honeywell to provide their industry-leading process technologies to USA BioEnergy to produce synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) at its Bon Wier, Texas biorefinery.
Altalto (Immingham) Limited, owned by Velocys, on Sept. 8 announced it has been awarded funding from the U.K. Department for Transport's Advanced Fuels Fund to progress the basic engineering design of its flagship waste-to-SAF facility.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Sept. 9 introduced the Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act, which aims to block the U.S. EPA from reallocating RFS renewable volume obligations (RVOs) waived via the small refinery exemption (SRE) program.
The U.S. EIA reduced its outlook for 2025 biodiesel and renewable diesel production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Sept. 9. The 2026 production outlook for other biofuels, which includes SAF, was revised up.
Axens has announced the startup of a 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) unit in Asia. The facility features Axens’ Vegan technology and has the capacity to entirely convert renewable feedstock into high value SAF.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s 2025 U.S. Energy and Employment Report indicates that nearly 112,000 workers were employed by the U.S. renewable fuels industry last year, accounting for roughly 10% of total U.S. employment in the fuels sector.
Delta Air Lines, in collaboration with Shell and Portland International Airport (PDX), has taken delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into the PDX fuel system, marking the first commercial-scale SAF uplift at PDX.
Hawaiian Airlines on Aug. 29 announced it will be incorporating SAF on flights between Osaka, Japan, and Honolulu, Hawai‘i under a sales agreement between parent company Alaska Air Group Inc. and Cosmo Oil Marketing Co. Ltd.
The White House Office of Management and Budget on Sept. 4 published its Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which confirms the U.S. EPA plans to finalize its Renewable Fuel Standard “Set 2” rule by October.
Honeywell on Aug. 28 announced that Syzygy Plasmonics will use Honeywell UOP Fischer-Tropsch Unicracking technology to make SAF from dairy waste and renewable energy at the world’s first electrified biogas-to-SAF facility.
Shell on Sept. 3 announced it will not resume construction of its proposed renewable diesel and SAF biorefinery at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam, citing a reassessment of the project’s competitiveness.
Velocys on Sept. 2 announced that it has signed an agreement with Morimatsu to provide manufacturing and engineering support for Velocys FT reactors and associated equipment. The equipment will be deployed in SAF projects.
The U.S. EPA on Aug. 29 resubmitted its proposed “Set 2” Renewable Fuel Standard rulemaking to the White House Office of Management and Budget, in a move that could indicate the agency is considering a major change to its current RFS proposal.
The U.S. EIA on Aug. 29 released data showing total U.S. operable biofuels capacity expanded slightly in June, with small gains for both ethanol and renewable diesel. Feedstock consumption was up when compared to the previous month.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a staunch supporter of the agriculture and biofuels industries, on Sept. 2 announced she will not seek reelection next year. IRFA and IBB have spoken out to commend her leadership in renewable fuels.
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