Five Airports, Five Years: Delta Hands Shell the SAF Logistics Problem
August 6, 2026
The agreement covers neat and blended SAF at LAX, Portland, JFK, Boston and Minneapolis-St. Paul through 2030, with at least 15 million gallons in 2026 and Shell taking responsibility for aggregating supply across multiple chains.
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Brussels Clears €290M for Dutch SAF — and Deliberately Locks HEFA Out
The first SAF clearance under the Clean Industrial Deal framework backs advanced bio-SAF and e-SAF only, targeting 285,000 tonnes a year of capacity through direct grants paid against project milestones from 2027.
Topsoe, Sasol and Sinopec Split the $6.1 Billion Uzbek SAF Complex
Allied Biofuels awarded the technology package for roughly 300,000 tonnes a year of combined eSAF and bio-SAF in Khorezm, six days after Sinopec Engineering took the front-end design on its first major overseas low-carbon award.
India Sets 1% SAF for 2027 — and Tells Airlines to Report 90% of Their Emissions
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu says the national SAF policy is in its final stages, confirming a 1% / 2% / 5% trajectory on international flights as DGCA prepares a CORSIA reporting mandate for January 2027.
The First Non-Bio SAF Delivered to a US Airport Just Flew Corpus Christi to Dallas
Infinium delivered power-to-liquid fuel into Corpus Christi's airport fuel system for a scheduled flight to Dallas Fort Worth, with Citi funding the fuel against its own business travel emissions.
Gevo Writes Off Lake Preston — $176 Million, and the End of Its Greenfield Bet
The impairment kills the South Dakota alcohol-to-jet project that anchored Gevo's DOE loan application, as the company concentrates on North Dakota and raises full-year EBITDA guidance to over $60 million.
Neste's Renewable Margin Triples to $1,223 a Tonne
Comparable EBITDA of €1,203 million against €341 million a year earlier, with Renewable Products swinging from €174 million to €859 million — the sharpest recovery in renewable fuel economics since the 2024 downturn.
China Announced 16 of the World's 20 New SAF Projects. The Feedstock Bill Lands in 2028.
State-owned Sinopec and CNPC drove nearly half of the 16 Chinese projects announced in the first half of 2026, against four everywhere else — and analysts expect the buildout to tip used cooking oil into global shortage by 2028.
The UK Won't Ring-Fence e-SAF — and the DfT's Own Numbers Show What That Costs
Allocation Round 1 will back up to 230,000 tonnes a year of first-of-a-kind capacity, but contracts are not awarded until Q4 2028 and power-to-liquid must compete head-on with advanced biogenic routes it cannot currently underprice.
€15 Billion in Allowances: Brussels Puts Ten Times More ETS Money Behind SAF
The Commission's 17 July ETS revision extends aviation carbon pricing to departures within 5,000 km from 2029 — capturing Istanbul and Dubai, excluding the US and China — and reserves roughly €15 billion of allowances for SAF and alternative propulsion through 2040.
30 Million Gallons and a 10-Mile Pipeline: Pine Bend Gives MSP a Permanent SAF Blending Node
Flint Hills Resources' Rosemount facility can blend up to 30 million gallons of neat SAF a year and pipe it straight to Minneapolis-St. Paul, ending the trucking workaround that caps most US airport SAF supply.