Fuel
Many Projects Give Promise of More SAF
Volume of SAF produced to see major increase over several years
Montana Renewables refinery in Great Falls, Montana
Coming online at the end of last year, Montana Renewables expects its biofuel refinery to produce 230 million gallons a year of neat, unblended sustainable aviation fuel. (Photo: Calumnet Specialty Products Partners)

The amount of unblended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced worldwide last year tripled the output of 2021, totaling some 80 million gallons of fuel, according to statistics from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Yet that amount equated to just 0.1 percent of all jet fuel consumed.

Despite the fact that the petroleum-based jet fuel industry has a 70-year head start on the SAF refiners, the renewable fuel producers continue to make steady progress, and the industry expects another exponential jump in SAF volumes this year as more facilities come online and existing producers modify and expand their existing facilities.

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