BIOCTANE

✈️🌱 European aviation leaders launch Project SkyPower to fast-track e-SAF production and meet EU & UK mandates. With €15-25B needed by 2030, the project pushes for policy support to unlock investment and drive low-carbon flight. #SustainableAviation #NetZero #eSAF

🌱 Welcoming Lucía Braga Nan, PhD. to the BIOCTANE project! Lucia brings extensive expertise in microbiology, biotechnology, and biofuel production to our team. With a PhD from INRAE Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement and postdoctoral experience optimizing anaerobic processes, she strengthens our mission to create sustainable aviation fuel. In BIOCTANE, Lucia contributes to Work Package 1, which covers amongst other things the eco-engineering of microbial communities to enhance propionic acid production using microbial electrolysis cells. Her work will help transform dark fermentation byproducts into valuable resources like H2 and CO2. Welcome aboard, Lucia! Together, we’re advancing toward a greener future. 🌍✈️

🔬✈️ How do ethanol-kerosene fuel blends atomize under electric charge? This study reveals voltage effects on fuel spray patterns and atomization angles for various blends. #AviationFuel #Innovation

🇲🇾✈️ Malaysia to produce SAF from palm oil waste, part of its 2025 budget plan. Meanwhile, Thailand supplies SAF to Bangkok's airports, and Singapore Airlines continues SAF uptake from Neste's mega facility. Southeast Asia's SAF momentum is growing! #SustainableAviation #SAF

🌾➡️✈️ Turning furfural into jet fuel precursors with 1,4-butanediol as a hydrogen donor shows promise for sustainable aviation. A catalyst with high surface area yields optimal results. #Biofuels #JetFuel

🌍 We are excited to welcome Xujun Li i as a new team member of the BIOCTANE project! With a PhD from Xi’an Jiaotong University and research experience at Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Xujun gained a high level of expertise in hydrogen production, supercritical water gasification, and waste treatment. As a member of PSI Paul Scherrer Institut, which is actively involved in the project, Xujun is now also contributing to our shared mission. He is responsible for work package 2 within in the project, which covers: Hydrothermal Gasification to Hydrogen, focusing on optimizing catalysts and leveraging real fermentation residues. Welcome to the journey toward cleaner skies, Xujun! 🚀

🌏✈️ The Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association (ASAFA) launches in Singapore to accelerate SAF production and use across Asia. With industry leaders and stakeholders on board, ASAFA aims to drive policy reform, boost market frameworks, and unify efforts across the region. #SAF #CleanAviation

📈✈️ The SAF Grand Challenge aims for 3 billion gallons/year by 2030. This report assesses current SAF production, potential feedstocks, and conversion pathways for achieving decarbonization targets. #SAF #CleanAviation

🌍✈️ ICAO and IRENA have joined forces to boost financing for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and cleaner energy projects, a step toward net-zero emissions by 2050. This partnership will leverage ICAO’s Finvest Hub to connect developers with vital funding. #SustainableAviation #NetZero

🌱✈️ A study reveals that CO₂-derived Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from a three-step Alcohol-to-Jet pathway yields 1.6 times more SAF and costs 14%-25% less than Fischer-Tropsch. Yet, 84.6% of energy used must be renewable to reduce emissions. #SustainableAviation https://lnkd.in/e7Nn2vEM