Todays Latest Updates: 14 May 2026

Biojet/SAF: Kenya. Kenya Airways and Rubis Energy Kenya, a subsidiary of Rubis Énergie, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop the first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel refinery on the African continent. The project, based in Nairobi, establishes a framework for the joint engineering, financing, and operation of a facility designed to produce low-carbon fuel from local waste feedstocks. Link 14/05/2026.

Biojet/SAF: USA. Calumet Inc. on May 8 confirmed that the MaxSAF expansion at its Montana Renewables facility was completed on time and on budget. The facility has resumed operations and now has the capacity to produce 150 MMgy of sustainable aviation fuel . Montana Renewables, an unrestricted subsidiary of Calumet, in October 2024 was awarded a conditional commitment for a $1.44 billion U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantee to support its proposed MaxSAF initiative. At that time, the proposed project aimed to increase annual production at the biorefinery to 330 MMgy, including 300 MMgy of SAF and 30 MMgy of renewable diesel. Under the original timeline for the MaxSAF initiative, Calumet expected to have approximately half of the proposed 300 MMgy of SAF capacity online by 2026, with the project expected to be complete in 2028. The estimated capital cost for the first phase of the initiative was estimated to be in the range of $150 million to $250 million. Link 14/05/2026.

Feedstock: USA. New techno-economic analysis by Idaho National Laboratory (INL) demonstrated that, by using integrated landscape management (ILM) techniques, bioenergy stakeholders could produce biomass at costs 20% lower than previous assumptions. The efficiencies gained using ILM practices could generate a new revenue stream for farmers, providing an economic motivation to produce biomass for the emerging bioeconomy. ILM incorporates bioenergy crop designs to minimize soil erosion, harvesting crop residues such as corn stover or wheat straw in high-yield areas, and optimizing the operational efficiency of biomass harvest equipment using Global Positioning System data and computers to guide their movements through fields. Optimizing the operational efficiency of the harvest using modeling will reduce costs that align with BETO’s goal of achieving $2.50/gge (gallon gasoline equivalent). Link 14/05/2026.

Renewable diesel: USA. Par Pacific Holdings Inc. on May 5 confirmed that its Hawaii renewable fuels facility began operations in April. The biorefinery, located at the company’s Kapolei refinery, has the capacity to produce 61 MMgy of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable naphtha and low-carbon liquefied petroleum gases. The Kapolei refinery originally had the capacity to produce approximately 94,000 barrels per day of conventional fuels. Par Pacific in April 2023 announced plans to make an estimated $90 million investment to convert one of the refinery’s production units to renewables. Link14/05/2026.