Newsom Proposes SAF Tax Credit Worth Up to $300M a Year. California's Own Analysts Say Reject It.Newsom's proposed SAF tax credit would cost $165M-$300M annually by diverting road repair funds, with California's own analysts recommending rejection citing a $170/tonne implied carbon cost.
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Northern Ireland's First Aviation Policy Puts Local SAF Start-ups on the Economic AgendaNorthern Ireland's Department for the Economy opens its first-ever aviation policy consultation, naming local SAF production start-ups as a strategic economic asset alongside decarbonisation and connectivity priorities.
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Congress Cut the SAF Tax Credit by $0.75. Now 50+ Organizations Are on Capitol Hill.The SAF Coalition brought 50+ organizations to Capitol Hill on March 25 to lobby for bipartisan bills that would restore the 45Z SAF tax credit from $1.00 back to $1.75 per gallon — reversing a cut that threatens domestic production momentum.
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Excerpts: SAFs: A 30,000 Foot Perspective
Chapter 3, Section 3.3, Summary:
SAF feedstocks range from readily convertible materials like vegetable oils and animal fats to more complex sources such as algae and municipal solid waste, each influencing the fuel’s emission reduction and viability.
Feedstocks can be categorized based on conversion simplicity, reflecting their current availability and potential challenges.
Octopus Energy's Nova Sustainable Fuels Plans $6B Biomass-to-SAF Plant in Nova ScotiaNova Sustainable Fuels, the Canadian subsidiary of Octopus Energy Generation, has secured provincial approval for a $6 billion biomass-to-SAF plant in Goldboro, Nova Scotia, targeting 165,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel per year via a methanol-to-jet process powered by forestry residues and on-site renewables.
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US EPA Finalizes RFS Volumes for 2026 and 2027 Under "Set 2" RuleThe EPA's "Set 2" rule sets advanced biofuel volumes at 11.10 billion RINs for 2026 and reallocates 70% of small refinery exemptions, raising effective demand for SAF and other qualifying biofuels.
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University of Sheffield Develops Solar-Powered SAF Process at US$4.62/kg, Beating Existing DACCU Routes by 17%A Sheffield-led international research team has published a solar-powered route to SAF production at US$4.62/kg in Nature Communications, using a novel hydrogen-fluidised calciner that eliminates fossil fuel combustion and draws on atmospheric CO2, sunlight, and hydrogen to synthesize jet fuel.
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Aviator Sweden Cut Its Business Travel Emissions in Half — Using SAF, Not OffsetsAviator Sweden cut business travel emissions by ~50% in 2025 through Swedavia's SAF auction programme — while also going fully fossil-free in its ground handling operations from December 2025.
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SHEIN Signs DHL GoGreen Plus Deal — and Backs SAF on Three Fronts at OnceSHEIN has signed a DHL GoGreen Plus SAF agreement, joining a China pilot with Air China Cargo and the World Economic Forum's Green Fuel Forward campaign — representing one of the most multi-front SAF commitments from a fashion retailer to date.
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OMV Backs Europe's First Multi-Pathway SAF Research Facility at TU LeobenOMV and TU Leoben have opened a dedicated multi-pathway SAF research facility in Styria, testing biogenic and synthetic production routes side-by-side with machine learning tools — aiming to cut development costs and identify the most scalable routes to industrial production.
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The UK ETS Has a SAF Problem — and a New Consultation to Fix ItThe UK ETS Authority has launched a consultation on how SAF is treated under the ETS — asking whether biofuels-only eligibility should expand to cover RCF and PtL, whether the 65% threshold should drop to 40%, and whether zero-rating should be replaced with proportional credit.
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Europe's Airline CEOs Accept the 6% SAF Target. They're Drawing the Line at eSAF.Europe's 16 major airline CEOs accept the 6% SAF blend target for 2030 but call for the 0.7% eSAF sub-mandate to be postponed, citing zero production FIDs and €15.5 billion in annual regulatory costs.
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330 Million Allowances, 4% Back to SAF: IATA Demands an EU ETS OverhaulIATA is calling for a structural overhaul of the EU ETS ahead of the July 2026 review. Aviation will surrender nearly 330 million allowances by 2030, but the SAF Allowance scheme covers just 4-5% of the industry's actual needs.
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Image Source: Sora FuelSora Fuel $14.6M eSAF Round"Sora Fuel has built something the clean fuels industry has been searching for: a technology that can actually reach unsubsidized cost parity with fossil fuels." - Marc Tarpenning, Spero Ventures 2 MIN READ
Egypt's $570M SAF Plant in Alexandria Advances Toward 2029 StartupState-owned ESAF is finalizing permits, contracts, and financing for a 120,000-tonne-per-year HEFA facility using Honeywell UOP's Ecofining process
XCF Global and Axens Sign 3-Year Deal to Scale Modular HEFA RefineriesThe 3-year commercial collaboration enables XCF to pair its modular refinery design with Axens Vegan HEFA process through a licensing-based model