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🌍 Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): Driving a Greener Future ✈ The aviation industry is advancing with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), a cleaner alternative to traditional jet fuel made from renewable feedstocks like municipal waste, biomass, and oils. 🔹 Key Producers:   World Energy: Producing SAF since 2016 for major California airports.   Neste: Expanding SAF availability to airports in California and Colorado.   Montana Renewables LLC: Partnering with Shell, started SAF production in 2023. 🔹 Growth & Demand: SAF consumption grew from 5 million gallons in 2021 to 24.5 million in 2023, with rising demand as airlines commit to greener fuel. 🔹 Production Pathways: ASTM-approved technologies like hydroprocessed esters and alcohol-to-jet are paving the way for SAF's widespread use. 💚 Sustaind is proud to support this shift toward sustainability, helping aviation reduce its carbon footprint and build a greener future. #SustainableAviationFuel #SAF #CleanEnergy #SustainD #AviationSustainability #ClimateAction #RenewableFuel

Low Carbon is honoured to be nominated for two UK Green Business Awards, celebrating the very best of the green economy. BusinessGreen has shortlisted Low Carbon for two awards: Company of the Year and Innovation of the Year. We have been shortlisted as Company of the Year for our defining contribution to the historic effort to move the world to 100% renewable energy. Over the course of the year, Low Carbon set big development and sustainability goals as part of our mission to fight climate change. We have been meeting our goals by treading lightly on the planet and continuously engaging in conscientious project development. View our projects here: https://lnkd.in/ejURXeCe Our Innovation of the Year nomination is for our work to build a first-of-its-kind portable renewable energy installation alongside our Global Partner, Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team. The installation travels with the team, taking the sail team’s entire race operations off-grid. Our partnership now promotes the use the energy-saving technology for other sports or sectors, and anyone can use our blueprint to create their own design. Details of our collaboration and blueprint can been seen here: https://lnkd.in/geC7EB9m These nominations are recognition of the quality and pioneering work carried out by Low Carbon. Low Carbon is on a mission. Together, we will power tomorrow. #Renewable #CompanyoftheYear #PoweringTomorrow

Announced sustainable aviation fuel projects represent over three billion gallons of annual domestic production capacity in the United States by 2030, surpassing the target set under the US SAF Grand Challenge target, finds a new report from the US U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), reports Christopher Surgenor for GreenAir News. The announced capacity correlates to over 10% of projected US jet fuel demand, over $44 billion of investment and more than 70,000 jobs across the SAF value chain, says the report, which will be presented at #COP29 in Baku on November 21. The biggest barrier to SAF scale-up remains its price, which is currently two to ten times more than fossil jet fuel, says DOE, depending on the feedstock and conversion technology used to produce it. In October, DOE’s Loan Programs Office | U.S. Department of Energy Office announced conditional commitments to issue over $1.4 billion dollars in loan guarantees each to renewable fuels companies Montana Renewables, LLC and Gevo, Inc. Net-Zero 1 to help finance their SAF production facilities. #sustainableaviation #sustainableaviationfuel Tony Harrington Mark Pilling Dr. Ulrike Ziegler Kenneth Hill Valerie Reed Vanessa Z Chan Sean Sullivan Brian E Kurtz Jonathon Counsell Aaron Robinson Marie Owens Thomsen Jennifer Granholm Jim Spaeth Heather Manuel Nancy Young Nancy (Colucci) Bsales Erin Heitkamp Olivier Raevel Patrick Gruber Amelia DeLuca Chelsea Spaman Tim Mapes Lanni Klasner International Civil Aviation Organization Airlines for America Kevin Welsh Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) Steve Csonka #SAFGrandChallenge More on this story here: https://lnkd.in/eVa_DTSx

S&P Global projects that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demand could climb to 5.8% of global jet fuel demand by 2050.   At this critical growth stage for the SAF industry, our CEO Jason Cheng recently shared his outlook for the technology with Infrastructure Investor:   "We are seeing interest from many different types of private investors across the spectrum of alternative aviation fuels, from corporate airline VCs backing innovative technology start-ups, to established private equity funds investing in commercially proven SAF plays like our portfolio company, EcoCeres, Inc.,” “We expect to see increased levels of private investment in the sector as we approach critical industry decarbonisation targets. There is a growing recognition from industry and investors alike that SAF will be the key lever to achieve breakthroughs in carbon emissions reduction and meet industry’s climate targets.”   #SAF #NetZero #EnergyTransition

Many thanks to Innovate UK for running the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (#SAF) Supply Chain Initiative in Westminster, which brought together key producers, investors, policymakers and wider stakeholders within this crucial industry to achieve net zero by 2050. One of the speakers was the Chief Sustainability Officer of Boeing, Brian Moran, who continued to reiterate the predominant role that low-carbon liquid jet fuel will play in decarbonising the aviation sector, alongside fleet renewals, operational efficiencies and advancing internal technologies. PRIMA Markets and ResourceWise Decarbonization provide key data and commodity pricing streams within the renewable fuels world, helping producers and investors to more accurately understand and operate within this rapidly moving industry. #netzero #aviation #climatechange #renewables #biofuels #SAF #UK

The cooperation with aireg - Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany e.V. and IMPACT on sustainable aviation is an important step in the direction of decarbonizing aviation. I am convinced that we will see hundreds of SAF plants (if not more) becoming operational in the future, and looking back it will be difficult to comprehend that we were full of doubts regarding availability of SAF in sufficient quantities and within a certain timeline. Yet, as of today we have no reason to be complacent, the SAF crunch is dire reality. Forging new networks across the broader aviation decarbonization value chain will be essential to drive the much-needed progress, and it has never been as important as it is today. On this note I am personally very much looking forward to the cooperation between the two organizations to bridge the gap and jointly develop solutions. Thanks to Melanie Form and Siegfried Knecht for helping to connect the dots. #sustainability #saf #sustainablefinance #sustainableaviationfuel #netzero #renewables #aviationfinance #sustainableaviation

I recently read about the crucial role of collaboration in achieving net-zero carbon emissions in aviation. The World Sustainability Symposium highlights that the transition to renewable energy is a global issue affecting all industries, not just aviation. Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior VP for Sustainability and Chief Economist, emphasizes the need to break free from old ways of thinking. She believes renewable energy should be a top priority across all government departments to find effective solutions. While Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) are a key focus, they are only part of the solution. Other elements, making up about 35% of the industry's path to net zero, are equally important. SAF production is currently lagging, so it's vital to invest broadly and keep an open mind about new technologies. IATA is supporting industry efforts by creating markets—like the upcoming SAF Registry—and developing tools such as CO₂ Connect. They are also updating their sustainability policy and finance roadmaps to provide detailed guidance. Policies need to evolve as technologies advance. Increasing SAF production is essential, which means building more bio-refineries and dedicating a larger share of production to SAF. Investing in renewable energy benefits everyone, not just airlines. Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 requires urgent and extensive policy support. The World Sustainability Symposium aims to bring together decision-makers from finance, agriculture, technology, policy-making, and aviation to ensure air transport gets its fair share of renewable energy. Collaboration and comprehensive policies are key to making the energy transition a success. By uniting all parties, we can work towards a sustainable future for aviation. #SustainableAviation #NetZero2050 #RenewableEnergy International Air Transport Association (IATA)

IMPACT on sustainable aviation is pleased to announce its cooperation with the aviation initiative aireg - Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany e.V. to work together to accelerate the market ramp-up of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (#SAF). Achieving Net Zero in #aviation is a must, yet it is apparent that it is an ambitious goal that requires progress on all levers #decarbonization with deployment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) being particularly high on the priority list. The #cooperation between aireg and impact will help to connect more pieces of the decarbonization puzzle and thus enhance the mobilization of #capital towards SAF. #sustainableaviation #aviationfinance #sustainablefinance #sustainableaviationfuel #netzero #renewables #emission #reduction

Big thanks to IAG for being a real leader for corporate Australia when it comes to fleet electrification. Around half of Australia's annual vehicle sales are fleet sales, and innovative companies like IAG will play a huge role in decarbonisation. JET Charge is immensely proud to be an industry leader in charging as a service and to partner with organisations like IAG to show what fleet electrification at scale can achieve.

I had the pleasure of speaking at Foresight Net Zero Live last week. During my talk, I highlighted a few live examples of Associated British Ports' pivotal role in decarbonising industrial clusters and supporting net zero through: 💨 Energy generation integration with offshore wind and the £35m investment in Project LEEF (Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility) to extend & upgrade the outer harbour to support up to 10GW of offshore wind farms. 💚 Energy transition with Air Products that will see ABP invest in the Immingham Green Energy Terminal to enable the import of green ammonia and establish a major hydrogen generation site in Immingham; producing zero emission fuels for hard to abate industrial and transport uses. ✈ Carbon capture, utilisation and storage with LanzaTech in Port Talbot where ABP will build new marine infrastructure to facilitate the export of sustainable aviation fuel (produced using captured waste industrial gases) to support decarbonisation of the region and the aviation sector. 👩⚖️ The UK has a legal obligation to be net zero by 2050 🚢 Port infrastructure will be key to delivering this 🤝 Collaboration will be key to delivering that ⬆ #SAF #CCUS #hydrogen