The recast of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) moves in the right direction to incentivize the use of SAF, but mandates and more dedicated policies at a European level are needed to further stimulate investments in the industry and overcome the hurdles...

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced through HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) technology using Camelina oil (Camelina sativa) as feedstock is effective at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions along its supply chain compared to fossil jet fuel. The...

Price premiums and the competition with production of biodiesel are the main hurdles to the development of the SAF industry; specific policies in the form of mandates and incentives are needed to generate consistent demand and ensure the commercial uptake of SAF. As...

The HEFA or HVO technology is one of the few pathways able to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuels. Multiple technology providers have developed their own hydro processing technology, all with their own characteristics, but although the installed capacity for HVO/HEFA...

Besides testing the industrial production of SAF, the BIO4A project is also exploring innovative solutions to produce Camelina oil as an alternative feedstock the waste and residual lipids, while at the same time increasing soil resilience towards climate change in...

Since its inception, the BIO4A project has been investigating new technologies to store carbon into the ground and improve the fertility of soil by producing biochar from different feedstocks. A recently published report compares the characteristics of biochar...

The European Commission has recently published an article presenting EU funded BIO4A project’s solution and approach to boost the production capacity of EU jet fuel from renewable sources. Jet fuel from renewable sources holds the key to significantly reducing the...

E’ questo il titolo di un articolo scritto da David Chiaramonti (Politecnico di Torino e Consorzio di Ricerca RE-CORD) e pubblicato dalla rivista online RiEnergia lo scorso Dicembre 2019. Nell’articolo il prof. Chiaramonti, coordinatore del progetto BIO4A, offre una...

David Chiaramonti (RE-CORD and UNITO, Italy) and Calliope Panoutsou (Imperial College, UK) are the authors of a scientific article, available online on Biomass and Bioenergy (Volume 126) since 28 May 2019. The research is about the profitability of large-scale...