Clean fuels

Neste and Air New Zealand have signed an agreement for the supply of 23 000 t of neat, unblended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™.

MET Group has allocated 70% of its capital expenditure to green projects, achieving a 72% increase in renewable energy output in 2023.

SAMSUNG E&A has announced that it secured the contract for a biorefinery that will have the capability to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other biofuels.

Baker Hughes and the University of California, Berkeley have announced a new long-term research partnership to establish the Baker Hughes Institute for Decarbonisation Materials at UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry.

BMW will purchase Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ and use the fuel for the initial fill of diesel vehicles leaving their manufacturing plants in Germany.

Wood will provide integrated project management services for the next phase of the flagship Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture and storage projects in the UK.

NH3 Clean Energy Ltd has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian Gas Infrastructure Operations Pty Ltd, regarding the construction of pipelines for the transportation of carbon dioxide from the company’s WAH2 project.

Aramco, TotalEnergies, and Saudi Investment Recycling Co. (SIRC) have signed a Joint Development and Cost Sharing Agreement (JDCSA) to assess the development of a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production unit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd, MOLEA Ltd. and MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in promoting the application of methane-splitting for power generation and propulsion onboard marine vessels.

Oxford Flow has secured US$25 million in Series C funding, co-led by BP Ventures and Energy Impact Partners (EIP), to drive the company’s mission to tackle fugitive emissions and advance energy transition technologies.

Topsoe and Sasol have been selected to deliver technologies for German Aerospace Centre’s (DLR) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production demonstration plant.

Topsoe has been chosen as a technology provider and engineering partner for the Triskelion project, located in Galicia, Spain.

MAIRE S.p.A. through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has been awarded by DG Fuels LCC an early engineering, licensing and process design package (PDP) contract based on its gasification technology for a SAF plant located in Nebraska, US.

Aramco has signed a collaboration agreement with Carbon Clean and SAMSUNG E&A to demonstrate a new carbon capture technology.

Greg Fearn, Senior Associate at independent UK law firm, Burges Salmon, looks at the impact of the UK's signing of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate.