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Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

Aerial view of Farnborough Airport runway and aircraft

23/4/2025 News

IATA SAF Registry goes live

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry to be managed by the Montreal, Canada-based Civil Aviation Decarbonisation Organisation (CADO), early in April. The Registry will enable a global market for SAF that will accelerate the transition to net zero by 2050.

Shipping

Aerial view of container ship full of containers by port side

15/1/2025 News

New EU maritime regulations set course for sector decarbonisation

The European Union’s FuelEU Maritime Regulation came into force on 1 January 2025. Its core objective is to incentivise the adoption of lower-carbon alternatives to heavy fuel oil and promote the uptake of clean energy technologies by vessel operators, which will be key to supporting decarbonisation of the maritime sector.

Ethanol

Two Wärtsilä employees in uniform with laptop

2/4/2025 News

Brazil goes sweet on sugarcane for clean power generation in ‘world first’

Finnish heavy engine manufacturer Wärtsilä and Brazilian energy utility Energetica Suape II have unveiled plans for what they claim will be the world’s first trial of an ethanol-fuelled engine for large-scale electricity generation. The initiative, set to take place at the 381 MW Suape II power station in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, aims to highlight ethanol’s potential to serve as a sustainable, dispatchable power source.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

Exterior view of e-fuels plant at sunset

28/5/2025 News

US scales up SAF with major developments

Infinium is building the world’s largest e-fuels plant in Texas; SABA has launched a first-of-its-kind sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) procurement drive; and national production capacity has surged to 30,000 b/d.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

1/3/2023 News

World-first flight for single engine helicopter fuelled by SAF

A Bell 505 helicopter has become the first single-engine helicopter to fly using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), claims US aerospace manufacturer Bell Textron.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

Head and shoulders photo of Nora Lovell Marchant, Vice President of Global Sustainability for American Express Global Business Travel

5/10/2022 Comment / Nora Lovell Marchant

Could blockchain and book-and-claim systems help to achieve rapid upscaling of SAF?

Industries across the globe are striving to find solutions to help reach net zero targets – and this is no different for the corporate travel sector. Nora Lovell Marchant, Vice President of Global Sustainability for American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), discusses how a global book-and-claim system could enable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to slash aviation emissions.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Nick Wayth standing behind lectern, gesticulating with arms to emphasis a point he is talking about

24/7/2024 Comment / Nick Wayth

What if we imagined Planet Earth as one country?

In the second part of this three-part series on the energy transition, Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth CEng FEI considers the climate costs of the lack of unity in global energy policy, via a thought experiment.

Alternative fuels

View of petrol station with pricing board to left and a fuel tanker driving onto the forecourt, with a car passing on the main road alongside the service station

EI Member only

14/1/2026 Feature / Richard Simpson

The long and winding road towards HVO take-up for trucks

The path which the road freight industry will take to net zero carbon emissions is still far from clear. Although battery-electric trucks lead the way in the UK ahead of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, they still only constituted 0.5% (217 units) of new truck registrations in 2024. Richard Simpson examines the convoluted route towards hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) adoption for diesel replacement, and the threat of fake sources.

Shipping

Vessel at sea equipped with equipped with four collapsible vertical sails

EI Member only

13/9/2023 Feature / Brian Davis

Full sail ahead for decarbonisation of marine fuels

Significant marine fuel decarbonisation initiatives are underway in pursuit of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to comply with the latest International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regulations. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis shares highlights from a recent IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology) presentation by leading marine engineer Robert McMahon on the radical changes and challenges taking place.

Refining

Aerial view of refinery with tanker in foreground

EI Member only

26/4/2023 Feature / Nnamdi Anyadike

Europe’s refineries battle global headwinds

Europe’s refining industry, battered by a growing number of global headwinds, is struggling to stay afloat and keep abreast of the decarbonisation measures that are required as part of the energy transition. Nnamdi Anyadike reports.

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IATA SAF Registry goes live

New EU maritime regulations set course for sector decarbonisation

Brazil goes sweet on sugarcane for clean power generation in ‘world first’

US scales up SAF with major developments

World-first flight for single engine helicopter fuelled by SAF

Could blockchain and book-and-claim systems help to achieve rapid upscaling of SAF?

What if we imagined Planet Earth as one country?

The long and winding road towards HVO take-up for trucks

Full sail ahead for decarbonisation of marine fuels

Europe’s refineries battle global headwinds