
Taking part in a U.S. SAF Grand Challenge regional commercial activities panel were Steve Csonka, CAAFI; Sean Newsum, Airlines for America; Julie Bushell, Global Sustainability Developers LLC; Chad WIllis, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
October 10, 2024
BY Anna Simet
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The U.S. EIA maintained its 2026 and 2027 production forecasts for renewable diesel in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released June 9. The production outlooks for “other biofuels,” defined to include SAF, were maintained.
Twelve on June 10 opened AirPlant One, the first commercial-scale facility in the United States to produce E-Jet fuel – a power-to-liquid (PtL), drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from CO2 and renewable electricity – and E-Naphtha.
Earlier this year, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) launched a major study to examine the sustainable fuel options for aviation, international shipping, long-haul trucking, and freight rail. The two-year study will be complete in 2028.
The U.S. exported 933,792.6 metric tons of wood pellets in April, down 15% when compared to March, but up 10% when compared to April 2025, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on June 9.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on June 4 confirmed that release of the USDA’s feedstock guidelines to inform 45Z clean fuel production credit implementation “is imminent” with release scheduled for “this summer.”