Sustainability and Environment
Researchers Unlock New Abundant SAF Feedstock
A team of researchers have developed a process to convert previously unusable lignin into a feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel.
Vials show the progression from dry lignin, to lignin oil, to processed SAF feedstock. (Photo: NREL)
Vials show the progression from dry lignin, to lignin oil, to processed SAF feedstock. (Photo: NREL)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Washington State University, say they have developed a process that will unlock a heretofore unused but abundant feedstock for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).