Honeywell Technologies released third quarter financial results on Oct. 22. During an associated earnings call, company officials briefly discussed technology agreements for low-carbon energy projects, including those focused on SAF.
Neela Biotech, the Cambridge-based biotech startup turning waste into SAF, on Oct. 8 announced it has raised £2.1 million in pre-seed funding to take its technology from the lab to a pilot-scale trial at a biogas plant over the next two years.
Carbon Neutral Fuels has unveiled “FlexSAF,” a flexible plant design that enables the production of both eSAF and advanced bioSAF at a single facility. The design will debut at CNF’s flagship Project Starling site in the U.K.
ARC Bio, the Canadian joint venture between an affiliate of Bioénergie AECN and Alder Renewables, on Sept. 30 announced the successful demonstration of a pathway to produce SAF Canadian forest residues through refinery co-processing.
The U.S. DOE’s Office of Technology Commercialization on Sept. 24 announced it is now accepting applications for up to $41 million that is being made available to advance the commercialization of promising technologies in five priority areas.
Alder Renewables’ integrated industrial pilot has surpassed 1,000 hours of continuous operation, demonstrating sustained production of on-spec Alder renewable crude (ARC) from commercially produced woody biomass pyrolysis oil.
Haffner Energy launches SB-HEFA, an innovative process for producing renewable diesel and SAF based on its proprietary thermolysis technology, which directly converts solid biomass into liquid without going through syngas.
The call for presentation abstracts for the 20th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo, produced by Biomass Magazine, is now open. The event will take place March 2-4 at the Cobb Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Velocys has expanded its Fischer-Tropsch reactor roadmap with AlphaCore 800, its highest-capacity microchannel FT reactor to date and a product designed specifically for the larger SAF and e-fuels projects now emerging globally.
Emerson has been awarded a contract by Technip Energies to provide automation technologies for the SkyNRG sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant—the first dedicated greenfield SAF production facility in Europe.
Wison Engineering and Axens on Sept. 7 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore collaboration opportunities on selected e-sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) projects based on Fischer-Tropsch pathway.
Axens on Aug. 31 announced that it has been selected by Expander Energy Inc., a Canada-based producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD), to provide its advanced FT Liquid Upgrading technology.
Niutech Technology Group Co. Ltd. has signed a sales contract with a global energy major for an industrial continuous waste plastic pyrolysis production line that will produce waste plastic pyrolysis oil that will be used to produce SAF.
KROHNE is highlighting its process instrumentation portfolio engineered for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market. The portfolio enables producers to manage challenging feedstocks, hydrogen service, and demanding process conditions.
KBR announced on Aug. 24 it has been awarded a contract by KazMunayGas-Aero LLP, a subsidiary of NC KazMunayGas JSC, and KazFoodProducts for Kazakhstan’s first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant.
Nova Pangaea Technologies, the U.K. company with a unique process to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste biomass, has completed successful endurance trials that further validate its technology.
MAIRE announced that Nextchem, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has been awarded licensing, process design package and engineering services by SKY Renewables Burdekin Pty Ltd. for the syngas section of Project Lion in Australia.
As electric vehicles reduce gasoline demand, lower-cost ethanol, existing infrastructure and evolving fuel requirements could accelerate the commercial viability of ethanol-to-jet SAF.
Twelve’s much-anticipated AirPlant One is producing on-spec sustainable aviation fuel.
The USDA is taking steps to speed up progress in plant science by calling on universities and stakeholders to help build new AI tools that can translate the huge amount of germplasm data the agency collects.
Honeywell Technologies has completed its acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s Catalyst Technologies business for £1.325 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal strengthens the company’s portfolio across refining, petrochemicals and renewable fuels.
Topsoe and Sasol have signed a licensing agreement with Allied Biofuels to provide technologies for its eSAF and biobased sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility located in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.
Axens has announced the launch of the ERA project (Ethanol to Refuel Aviation), France’s first industrial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production unit based on advanced bioethanol. The facility is expected to begin operations in 2030.
Velocys on July 14 announced the first stage of a product roadmap designed to extend superior microchannel reactor performance to larger, more cost-competitive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects.
The North American SAF Conference & Expo has expanded its agenda with the addition of a new Tuesday afternoon General Session featuring many of the industry's most influential leaders and organizations.
Topsoe and Sasol have signed a single point licensing agreement with SUSTAERO, a developer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production infrastructure in Canada. When operational, the proposed project will produce 3,200 barrels per day of SAF.
Refinity, an Innventure Inc. company, on June 22 announced it has licensed technology from PNNL that is designed to convert waste plastic-derived light olefins into distillate-range products for further upgrading into SAF and renewable diesel.
Why use living cells? NLR is making chemicals with enzymes alone
By National Laboratory of the Rockies
June 29, 2026
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies are addressing the technical challenges for “cell-free” biomanufacturing, which could reduce the costs of biobased chemicals.
SAF Magazine, the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative and the Canadian Sustainable Aviation Fuels Initiative released the preliminary agenda for the 2026 North American SAF Conference & Expo, taking place Aug. 25-27 in Tacoma, Washington.
Worley has completed the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for Alfanar’s Lighthouse Green Fuels sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Teesside, U.K. A final investment decision on the project is expected next year.
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