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Jul 2, 2025
Khimod Raises €23M to Accelerate e-Methanol and e-SAF Scale-Up
Projects & Investment
Jul 1, 2025
Scotland’s HyLion Project to Produce e-Methanol for Ships, Planes and Motorsport by 2028
A new alliance in Scotland, led by inerlab’s Steven’s Croft biomass power station, is set to launch e-methanol production by 2028 – targeting hard-to-decarbonise sectors including shipping, aviation, and motorsport.
Under the HyLion initiative, the project will combine... [Read More]
Technology & Feedstocks
Jun 30, 2025
A new Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology developed by Trinity College Dublin is undergoing its first industrial-scale trial at Dublin Airport, marking a significant milestone in scalable carbon capture for the aviation and e-fuels industries.
Backed by a European Innovation Council Transition Grant (AirInMotion) and supported by Enterprise Ireland, the system is designed... [Read More]
Strategy & Insight
Jun 27, 2025
Germany’s largest arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall, has formed a strategic partnership with synthetic fuel producer INERATEC to scale up e-Fuel production, calling the technology “indispensable for modern defence readiness.”Rheinmetall says synthetic e-Fuels offer the energy density, storability, and versatility of conventional fuels – essential attributes for defence... [Read More]
Technology & Feedstocks
Jun 26, 2025
Germany is set to begin testing offshore production of synthetic fuels using wind power, seawater and atmospheric CO₂, in a landmark demonstration under the country’s flagship H2Mare hydrogen initiative.
A floating barge equipped with a modular power-to-X (PtX) system is now docked in Bremerhaven and will be deployed later this year off the coast of Helgoland in... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
Jun 23, 2025
Syzygy Plasmonics has announced a major step forward in its NovaSAF 1 project in Uruguay, securing Velocys as the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology provider. The commercial-scale plant will convert dairy waste and biogas into 500,000 gallons of synthetic jet fuel annually, using only renewable electricity—no green hydrogen or gasification.
Syzygy’s unique light-driven... [Read More]
Technology & Feedstocks
Jun 20, 2025
Dutch innovators Battolyser Systems and VDL Hydrogen Systems have announced a merger to commercialise a fully flexible, pressurised alkaline electrolyser tailored for large-scale industrial use. The merged entity will combine Battolyser’s energy flexibility with VDL’s high-capacity hydrogen systems, aiming to produce low-cost green hydrogen for sectors such as e-fuels,... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
Jun 19, 2025
Infinium has announced project financing for its Roadrunner Project in Reeves County, Texas, through a credit facility with HSBC – marking a major milestone for one of the first large-scale synthetic fuel plants in the United States.
The project, developed by Roadrunner One, LLC, an Infinium affiliate, is backed by investors including Brookfield Asset Management,... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
Jun 19, 2025
Moeve (formerly Cepsa) and Zaffra, a Sasol–Topsoe joint venture, have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of electro-sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) production facilities in southern Spain. The partnership aims to help meet the EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation targets, which mandate 1.2% e-SAF blending by 2030 as part of broader decarbonisation... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
Jun 18, 2025
HIF Global is advancing the installation of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) test unit at its Haru Oni e-Fuels facility in Chilean Patagonia, marking a key milestone for the company and positioning Chile as a pioneer in carbon removal technology for e-Fuel production.
Developed in partnership with Porsche, the modular DAC system will capture 600 tonnes of CO₂ annually directly... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
Jun 18, 2025
SeaO₂, in partnership with TU Delft, the University of Twente, and NERA, has secured €1.64 million from the TKI Energy and Industry programme to develop a decentralised, fully integrated process for producing sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) using seawater, renewable electricity, and captured CO₂.
The project aims to create a local and flexible alternative to... [Read More]
End-Use & Offtake
Jun 12, 2025
Future Energy Global (FEG), the Dublin-based SAF market platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Sora Fuel Corporation to negotiate an offtake agreement for up to 10 million gallons of future e-SAF production.
The deal will enable FEG to reserve the environmental attributes of the e-SAF under a book-and-claim system, helping airlines and corporates... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
Jun 11, 2025
XCF Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAFX) plans to invest nearly $1 billion by 2028 to expand its Synthetic Aviation Fuel (SAF) production capacity. The company has already invested around $350 million to bring its New Rise Reno facility online, which has created approximately 60 full-time jobs.
With more than two billion people living in countries with SAF mandates or incentives... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
Jun 10, 2025
Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) and Verso Energy have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of an e-SAF production facility at RYAM’s Jesup site in Georgia, focused on using biogenic CO₂ and green hydrogen.
Building on a December 2024 agreement, the expanded MoU outlines joint feasibility studies for a CO₂ capture and storage... [Read More]
Markets & Mandates
Jun 9, 2025
Germany is proposing a penalty of €17,000 per tonne for fuel suppliers who fail to meet their hydrogen-based synthetic aviation fuel (e-SAF) obligations, under a draft bill aligned with the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). This penalty level may be adjusted in the future.
The EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation law requires e-SAF to account for at least 1.2% of aviation... [Read More]
Projects & Investment
May 27, 2025
Siemens and Spanish renewables developer RIC Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop innovative hydrogen, green ammonia, and e-fuels projects across Spain. The partnership brings together multiple Siemens entities, including Siemens S.A., Industry Software, Financial Services, and Innovation Strategies, to collaborate across technical... [Read More]