World Energy: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Companies
Source: https://earth.org/sustainable-aviation-fuel-companies/
World Energy is a major SAF supplier in the US. The company, which has been a leader in the production and distribution of low-carbon fuels for more than two decades and operates the world’s first and America’s only commercial-scale SAF production facility, plans to produce 150 million gallons of SAF per year by 2024. Among those partnering up with World Energy is the country’s third largest air carrier, United Airlines, which committed to buying 1.5 billion gallons of SAF made from forest and crop waste. The airline aims to become 100% green by 2050 without using carbon offsets. In late 2021, the company also launched its first ever flight with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel produced by World Energy. However, data shows that sustainable aviation fuel still makes up just a tiny fraction of United’s fuel: of the nearly 4 billion gallons of fuel that the airline burned in a typical pre-pandemic year, only 1 million gallons were SAF.