EASA’s first ReFuelEU Aviation market report shows that SAF represented just 0.6 percent of reported EU aviation fuel supply in 2024, with used cooking oil dominating the feedstock mix.

Renewable synthetic fuels are creating new challenges for engine development, bringing combustion, fuel injection, digital simulation and physical validation together in a new generation of power systems.

Engine manufacturers are redesigning combustion systems around fuel flexibility, allowing future power systems to adapt to methanol, ammonia, renewable diesel and other low-carbon fuel pathways.

Stronger biofuel demand and improved processing margins are lifting the outlook for U.S. ethanol, soybean crushing and renewable fuel feedstocks.

Stronger biofuel demand and improved processing margins are lifting the outlook for U.S. ethanol, soybean crushing and renewable fuel feedstocks.

Brazilian ethanol producers are moving beyond traditional sugarcane and corn, developing new fuel pathways based on wheat, food waste, sweet potatoes and other regional feedstocks.

U.S. biodiesel imports have slowed sharply as domestic-focused tax incentives, tariffs and compliance requirements reshape renewable fuel trade flows.

Brazil has approved a temporary increase in the mandatory ethanol content of gasoline from 30 to 32 percent, expanding domestic biofuel demand and reducing reliance on imported gasoline.

India has begun rolling out E85 fuel for dedicated flex-fuel vehicles, opening a new market for high-ethanol blends beyond the country’s nationwide E20 programme.

Enilive is expanding its European retail network through the planned acquisition of around 320 service stations, creating a broader distribution platform for HVO renewable diesel.

Indonesia’s move to B50 biodiesel is strengthening demand for palm oil and supporting higher commodity prices as more domestic supply is redirected into fuel production.

European SAF production costs reached record levels in the first half of 2026 as tighter waste-oil supplies and volatile energy prices increased pressure on fuel producers.

Brazilian energy company Energis8 is planning a $1.3 billion ethanol-to-SAF facility in São Paulo with annual output targeted at around one billion litres.

Allied Biofuels has advanced plans for a $6.1 billion integrated clean fuels development in Uzbekistan designed to produce SAF and e-SAF at commercial scale.

The UK government has published its first contract allocation strategy for the SAF Revenue Certainty Mechanism, setting out how support will be awarded to new domestic production projects.

India has reached 20 percent ethanol blending in petrol five years ahead of its original timetable, marking a major expansion of the country’s domestic biofuel programme.

The UK has extended countervailing duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia for another five years while removing sustainable aviation fuel from the measure.

U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel plants are running below the rates needed to meet record 2026 blending requirements, tightening the market for renewable fuel credits.

Carbon Recycling International has delivered and installed its largest e-methanol reactor at the Liaoyuan project in China as the plant moves toward commissioning.

KBR’s PureSAF technology has been selected for a proposed 100,000-tonne-per-year ethanol-to-jet SAF facility on Singapore’s Jurong Island.

Around 200 SAF projects representing up to 30 million tonnes of announced annual capacity are targeting 2030, but IATA expects only about 60 percent of that pipeline to materialise.

SAF production is growing, but current output remains below one percent of global aviation fuel use as projects struggle to move from announcements to commercial operation.

HEFA dominates today’s SAF production, while Alcohol-to-Jet, Fischer–Tropsch and Power-to-Liquid pathways are racing to reach commercial scale and diversify future fuel supply.

Petrobras has approved a $1.2 billion investment in a new Brazilian plant designed to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel.

Petrobras has produced and sold its first SAF batch using soybean oil certified under CORSIA Low ILUC Risk criteria, demonstrating renewable feedstock co-processing within existing refinery infrastructure.

Shipping companies are testing ethanol as a marine fuel as abundant supply, competitive pricing and compatibility with methanol-ready engines create a potential new market for producers.

Bayer is seeking to accelerate North American camelina production as demand grows for feedstocks used in renewable diesel, biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel.

RIN prices have climbed close to historic highs in 2026, making renewable fuel credits an increasingly powerful driver of blending, production margins and compliance costs.

The FrontFuel project in Denmark has demonstrated an integrated process that converts biogas and biogenic CO₂ into synthetic hydrocarbons suitable for sustainable aviation fuel production.

Technip Energies, Airbus, Safran and Tereos have formed the Rebound project to develop one of Europe’s largest Alcohol-to-Jet SAF facilities at the Port of Dunkirk.

Google and American Airlines have signed a three-year SAF certificate agreement that will unlock 35 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel and support a new long-term supply contract with Valero.

HIF Global’s Haru Oni facility in Chile has renewed its ISCC EU certification, confirming continued compliance with European RFNBO requirements for e-methanol and e-gasoline production.

Europe has created a market for synthetic aviation fuel from 2030, but today’s operating and committed production capacity remains far below the volumes future mandates will require.

Global SAF production is expected to reach 2.4 million tonnes in 2026, accounting for just 0.8 percent of aviation fuel use despite continued investment and policy support.

ENGIE has selected Shell’s XTL process for its France KerEAUzen project, integrating renewable hydrogen and captured biogenic CO₂ into a power-to-liquids route for synthetic aviation fuel.

SkyNRG has started construction of its DSL-01 facility in Delfzijl, a 100,000-tonne-per-year SAF plant scheduled to begin production in 2028.

Repsol has started production at a €130 million renewable fuels unit in Puertollano, adding 200,000 tonnes of annual renewable diesel capacity in Spain.

Ethanol exports from the United States and Brazil are rising as fuel buyers seek more diversified supplies and blending demand expands across international markets.

Demand for soybean oil, used cooking oil, tallow and other renewable feedstocks is rising as biodiesel, renewable diesel and SAF producers compete for a limited pool of raw materials.

E-methanol produced at Denmark’s Kassø Power-to-X facility has been converted into synthetic gasoline in a German pilot project, demonstrating a new downstream route for renewable methanol.

LanzaTech has selected North Sea Port in Ghent for a €500 million commercial-scale Alcohol-to-Jet facility targeting 79,000 tonnes of SAF annually.

Eni has secured €500 million in European Investment Bank financing to convert part of its Sannazzaro refinery into a 550,000-tonne-per-year biorefinery producing HVO and SAF.

The EPA has finalized new Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2026 and 2027, increasing required renewable fuel use across the U.S. market.

Europe’s 2030 synthetic aviation fuel requirement is approaching, but airlines warn that limited e-SAF production and high costs could leave supply well short of future demand.

Technomot is developing Falcon, Dragon and Titan, a scalable engine family designed to convert renewable fuels into power for marine, rail, industrial and power-generation applications.

Bioethanol consumption in French gasoline rose 15 percent in 2025, outpacing overall gasoline demand as ethanol content increased across the fuel market.

Methanol-capable vessels are entering commercial fleets as shipping companies begin securing larger supplies of bio- and e-methanol for lower-emission ocean transport.

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre says e-methanol, e-kerosene, e-ammonia and e-methane are moving beyond demonstration, but high costs and limited renewable hydrogen remain major barriers.