SABA members including Google and McKinsey backed Infinium's Project Atlas, a Texas eSAF facility, with long-term SAFc purchases enabling final investment decision. American Airlines will physically offtake the fuel. Contracted volumes are projected to abate over 212,000 tonnes of CO2e.
FedEx secured over 20 million gallons of neat SAF across five US airports through 2027, with blend ratios up to 50% depending on location. It builds on a 2025 phase that deployed 16.5 million gallons blended, working toward FedEx's 30% alternative jet fuel goal by 2030.
USDA launched its American Biofuels Trade Outlook, a four-pillar export strategy, citing a record 2.2 billion gallons of ethanol shipped worldwide in 2025 worth $4.7 billion. The plan targets EU crop-based biofuel restrictions and aims to counter Brazil's influence at ICAO and IMO.
The IRS issued Notice 2026-53, updating 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit guidance under the WFTC. Changes exclude ILUC emissions, restrict eligible feedstock to the US, Mexico and Canada, and add distinct emissions rates for manure-derived fuels including new regenerative farming criteria.
Calumet has cut Montana Renewables' remaining SAF expansion capital to $137 million from $1.2 billion by repurposing refinery equipment under lease. Already at a 60-million-gallon run rate, the facility targets 200 million gallons annually by 2028.
Axens has been selected by Expander Energy, a Canada-based SAF and renewable diesel producer, to provide its advanced FT Liquid Upgrading technology. Axens' technology will support production of
NORDEN has delivered the first verified maritime emissions reductions through the RSB Book & Claim registry, in a pilot completed with Microsoft and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). This
A coalition of US farm and biofuel groups, including the Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the National Farmers Union, has urged President Trump to reject a proposed expansion of
Topsoe has signed an agreement with First Ammonia to provide its dynamic ammonia synthesis technology for First Ammonia's green ammonia production facility in Victoria, Texas. The facility will
Syzygy Plasmonics has signed a framework agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, to support the development of a pipeline of
Delta and Minnesota SAF Hub partners marked completion of a new SAF blending facility at Flint Hills' Pine Bend Refinery, supplying MSP Airport via existing pipeline. It can handle up to 30 million gallons annually, though Delta expects considerably less initially.
American Airlines and Infinium delivered the first US commercial-airport batch of eSAF for a passenger flight, made from waste CO2 and renewable electricity at Corpus Christi. American's actual offtake ties to Project Roadrunner, targeting 2027. eSAF costs roughly 7x conventional jet fuel.
