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Malaysia Airports and MAG Align on Aviation Decarbonisation, With SAF on the Agenda

Malaysia Airports and Malaysia Aviation Group hosted Aviation Sustainability Day 2026 to align airport and airline decarbonisation, with SAF among the topics. MAG is the first Malaysian airline group to retire CORSIA-eligible units, with 80,100 units retired.

By Editor

/ 21 Oct 2026

Malaysia Airports and MAG Align on Aviation Decarbonisation, With SAF on the Agenda

Carbon Neutral Fuels Unveils FlexSAF, Raising Project Starling’s Output 70% to 42,000 Tonnes a Year

Carbon Neutral Fuels unveiled FlexSAF, a design producing both eSAF and advanced bioSAF on one Fischer-Tropsch line at Project Starling in West Cumbria, raising output 70% to about 42,000 tonnes a year. A planning application is due in 2028, with first fuel in Q4 2031.

By Editor

/ 19 Oct 2026

Carbon Neutral Fuels Unveils FlexSAF, Raising Project Starling’s Output 70% to 42,000 Tonnes a Year

Corporate Demand Could Support Up to 1.9 Million Tonnes of SAF by 2030, New Study Estimates

A study by IATA, Airbus and Accenture estimates corporate purchases could support 1.0 to 1.9 million tonnes of SAF by 2030, up from 323,000 tonnes in 2024. Consistent accounting, interoperable tracking and simpler buying can help unlock that demand.

By Editor

/ 18 Oct 2026

Corporate Demand Could Support Up to 1.9 Million Tonnes of SAF by 2030, New Study Estimates

LanzaJet Secures at Least $20 Million to Scale Production at Freedom Pines Fuels

LanzaJet secured at least $20 million in new financing, backed by LanzaTech, Vinod Khosla and its board, as part of a shareholder recapitalisation that raises LanzaTech’s stake. It will support Freedom Pines Fuels, a 10-million-gallon alcohol-to-jet plant in Georgia.

By Editor

/ 17 Oct 2026

LanzaJet Secures at Least $20 Million to Scale Production at Freedom Pines Fuels

Topsoe to Supply Co-Processing Technology for BPCL’s Mumbai SAF Project

Topsoe signed a licence to supply co-processing technology for BPCL’s Mumbai refinery, which will process 5% used cooking oil in an existing kerosene hydrotreater to make SAF. FID is taken and commissioning is due by end-2026, ahead of India’s 2027 CORSIA obligations.

By Editor

/ 16 Oct 2026

Topsoe to Supply Co-Processing Technology for BPCL’s Mumbai SAF Project

ASEAN’s New Energy Outlook Sees Electrification Leading, With Biofuels, SAF and Hydrogen in Support

ASEAN’s 9th Energy Outlook has electrification leading transport decarbonisation, with biofuels, SAF and hydrogen in support. Oil stays near 7 million barrels a day in 2050, and sustainable bioenergy feedstock is flagged as limited.

By Editor

/ 10 Oct 2026

ASEAN’s New Energy Outlook Sees Electrification Leading, With Biofuels, SAF and Hydrogen in Support

Ten Years On, IATA Calls for CORSIA to Be Reinforced as the EU Reviews Its Emissions Trading System

IATA marked ten years since CORSIA's creation, citing 130+ participating countries and about 200 million tonnes mitigated by year-end. It urges the EU to reinforce CORSIA rather than extend its ETS, and to ringfence aviation carbon revenues for SAF. The EU proposal remains pending.

By Editor

/ 7 Oct 2026

Ten Years On, IATA Calls for CORSIA to Be Reinforced as the EU Reviews Its Emissions Trading System

Bain Capital Bets on SAF Mandates as EcoCeres Prepares Its Hong Kong IPO

Bain Capital's James Tam, co-chair of EcoCeres, expects SAF mandates to drive long-term growth and sees China requiring SAF in coming years. EcoCeres plans a 450,000-tonne Dongguan plant by 2030 and a Hong Kong IPO, despite weak current demand and spare capacity.

By Editor

/ 6 Oct 2026

Bain Capital Bets on SAF Mandates as EcoCeres Prepares Its Hong Kong IPO

Pertamina Secures 7,000 Kilolitre SAF Contract With Cathay Pacific

Pertamina secured a roughly 7,000 kilolitre SAF contract with Cathay Pacific for 2026, made from used cooking oil via refinery co-processing. It plans a $1.1 billion dedicated Cilacap biorefinery by 2029 and says Indonesia still needs a SAF blending mandate.

By Editor

/ 5 Oct 2026

Pertamina Secures 7,000 Kilolitre SAF Contract With Cathay Pacific

ARC Bio Demonstrates Forest-Residue-to-SAF via Refinery Co-Processing

ARC Bio demonstrated converting Canadian forest residues into biocrude, then processing it via fluid catalytic cracking into a jet-range fuel meeting ASTM D1655 specs when blended with HEFA SAF. The Boeing-backed work supports Project Avance, aimed at 2027 production in Quebec.

By Editor

/ 2 Oct 2026

ARC Bio Demonstrates Forest-Residue-to-SAF via Refinery Co-Processing

Aether Fuels Demonstrates Fully Integrated ASTM-Spec SAF Production

Aether Fuels demonstrated a fully integrated production line converting landfill gas and industrial CO2 into ASTM-spec synthetic jet fuel, verified by third-party testing. The company says the data de-risks its planned 50 barrel-per-day Project Beacon facility in Singapore.

By Editor

/ 1 Oct 2026

Aether Fuels Demonstrates Fully Integrated ASTM-Spec SAF Production

Velocys Launches AlphaCore 800, Its Largest Fischer-Tropsch Reactor Yet

Velocys launched AlphaCore 800, its largest microchannel Fischer-Tropsch reactor, producing up to 30,000 tonnes of FT liquids annually per unit. The company says it could cut reactor count by 75% at scale, aimed at SAF and e-fuels projects targeting 100,000-plus tonnes of production.

By Editor

/ 30 Sep 2026

Velocys Launches AlphaCore 800, Its Largest Fischer-Tropsch Reactor Yet