Contrails, SAF, and Environmental Concerns



PR: Phelan Green Hydrogen has announced it has licensed technologies from Johnson Matthey Catalyst Technologies (JM CT) for its planned electro sustainable aviation fuel facility in the Western Cape, South Africa. Construction of the facility in Saldanha Bay is expected…

Following the publication of an independent advisory report on the Netherlands’ future, KLM has issued a statement calling for the country’s government to invest in a national sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) fund, which would enable the Netherlands to accelerate the…

Honeywell UOP revealed today a new process to convert agricultural and forestry waste into renewal fuels, including SAF (“Sustainable Aviation Fuel.”) Deemed a “breakthrough” by the company, the Honeywell UOP (“Universal Oil Products”) bio-crude upgrading process transforms biomass feedstocks into…

Delta Air Lines is partnering with Maeve, providing operational expertise to the team developing a hybrid regional jet aircraft. The new jet is expected to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by around 40% using conventional jet fuel. Using sustainable aviation…

What is SAF? Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a type of jet fuel made from renewable or waste-based sources – such as used cooking oil, agricultural residues, municipal solid waste, or even captured carbon dioxide combined with green hydrogen. Unlike…