The SAF Podcast
The SAF Podcast is the only podcast on the internet that exclusively covers sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). So if you want to find out the real issues and challenges are for commercialising and scaling SAF production, look no further.
Every week we will be hearing from senior industry leaders who are actively shaping the future of SAF and aviation.
Episodes
58 episodes
The SAF Podcast: Aether Fuels - Pulling SAF out of thin air
Connor Madigan, founder of Aether Fuels, joins Oscar on this week's episode of The SAF Podcast. Madigan shares his journey from founding a successful OLED manufacturing equipment company to pioneering a transformative approach to SAF tech...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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51:49
The SAF Podcast: EasyJet - The not-so-easy path the Net Zero
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar is joined by Lahiru Ranasinghe, Director of Sustainability at EasyJet, to explore the airline’s journey toward net zero. With aviation’s decarbonization at the forefront of industry ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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40:54
The SAF Podcast: Neste - The importance of being flexible and nimble
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Alex Kueper, VP of Renewable Aviation at Neste, the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)joins Oscar. As the industry pushes towards net-zero emissions by 2050, Alex provides a ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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51:14
The SAF Podcast - Votion Biorefineries: Patience + Perseverance = Production
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, we dive into the evolving world of biomass-to-liquid fuels as Oscar chats with Anders Edling Hultgren, Founder of Votion Biorefineries. With nearly two decades in biofuels, Anders shares his journey fro...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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41:20
The SAF Podcast: Breakthrough Energy - SAF discovery, development and deployment
This episode of the SAF Podcast welcomes Julia Reinaud from Breakthrough Energy to discuss how sustainable aviation fuel fits into Europe's renewable energy landscape. Julia shares insights from her extensive background in climate policy and en...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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44:31
The SAF Podcast: Universal Fuel Technologies - Pick and mix for SAF production
This week Oscar speaks with Alexei Beltyukov, Universal Fuel Technologies, a former medical doctor turned energy entrepreneur, who is now working on scaling the availability of sustainable aviation fuel. Unifuel’s innovative <...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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40:17
The SAF Podcast: Exolum - Throwing SAF a pipeline
In the second episode of The SAF Podcast, we delve into the critical yet often overlooked logistics and supply chain challenges facing the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry with Gorka Penalva from Exolum, a leading pipeline and storage i...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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36:07
The SAF Podcast: Refuels - Aviation staying on the road to decarbonisation
After a potentially too long break to end 2024. The SAF Podcast is back in 2025, a year set to have significant importance for the burgeoning SAF industry.For our first episode Oscar sits down with Philip Fjeld from Refuels. As the UK a...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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42:59
The SAF Podcast: World Energy - Filling aviation's notice boards with (SAF) certificates
In our latest episode we chat with Kathy Wight, Vice President for Net Zero Solutions at World Energy, and how they are leading the charge in decarbonizing business travel and freight. Kathy takes us from her roots in the NGO sphere to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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42:26
The SAF Podcast: Avfuel - Challenges of moving SAF from A to B
Join us this week on The SAF Podcast, as we dive deep into the logistics and distribution challenges of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with CR Sincock from Avfuel, one of the largest global aviation fuel suppliers. As a leading distributor of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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54:26
The SAF Podcast: Jet Zero Australia - Making SAF down under
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, we dive deep into Australia's emerging sustainable aviation fuel landscape with Mac Irvine, CFO of Jet Zero Australia. With 15 years of banking and finance expertise, including his role at the Clean Ene...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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50:18
The SAF Podcast: S&P Global - Making sure the price is right
On this week’s episode of the SAF Podcast Sophie Byron, Global Head Biofuels Pricing, S&P Global Commodity Insights joins Oscar for a discussion around SAF pricing.Tracking SAF prices is not as simple as traditional jet fuel. In a na...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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37:14
The SAF Podcast: OXCCU - Catalyzing change and simplifying the e-fuels equation
In this episode of the SAF Podcast, Andrew Symes, Founder & CEO, OXCCU joins Oscar to dive into the cutting-edge world of e-fuels. A chemistry graduate turned venture capitalist who transitioned to leading a pioneering carbon capture utiliz...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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38:11
The SAF Podcast: Repsol and Spain leading the SAF charge
The Iberian Peninsula's emergence as a SAF production hub isn't coincidental. The region boasts abundant feedstock availability, strong agricultural and livestock sectors, ample renewable energy resources, and a robust refining and petroc...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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51:49
The SAF Podcast: Squake - connecting emissions tracking and finance in business
In this episode of the SAF Podcast, Oscar dives deep into the world of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and broader decarbonization efforts with Dan Kreibich, co-founder of Squake. Dan shares his journey from Lufthansa Innovation Hub, where he p...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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42:34
The SAF Podcast: EBRD - The art of spreading risk in SAF projects
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, we sit down with Roberto Gonzalez from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to explore the complexities of financing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) projects. Rob...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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40:57
The SAF Podcast: World Bank - Blended finance and growing emerging markets
In this episode, Oscar had the pleasure of speaking with Binyam Raja, Global Practice Manager for Transport, World Bank.The conversation focused on a crucial aspect of the SAF industry: promoting production in non-OECD countries and expa...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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46:55
The SAF Podcast: GAFT - Rethinking how HEFA finds its lipids
In this episode of the SAF Podcast, Oscar chats with Frank Schreurs, co-founder of GAFT, about the innovative approaches his company is taking to revolutionize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Joining us from his holiday in Sweden, Frank provid...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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43:14
The SAF Podcast: CleanJoule - Making the most of what's been granted
On this week's episode Mukund Karanjikar, CEO, CleanJoule joins Oscar on The SAF Podcast to discuss their approach to accessing biomass to create sustainable aviation fuel. Listen in to hear Mukund's thoughts on the debate around the av...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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43:53
The SAF Podcast: Refining Airbp's SAF strategy
This week on the SAF Podcast, SAF Investor Editor Fayaz Hussain has a conversation with Sven Rieve, Airbp's sustainability advisor. Rieve dives deep into Airbp's strategy for conquering the skies with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).<...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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39:09
The SAF Podcast: FlyORO - The coffee machine of sustainable aviation fuel
This week on The SAF Podcast, Jonathan Yeo, CEO, FlyORO joins Oscar to discuss the operational and supply chain logistic challenges that SAF presents. One of SAF's many benefits is its drop in nature, and ability to work within existing...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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51:14
The SAF Podcast: SkyNRG's SAF Market Outlook 2024
Join us in this week's episode of The SAF Podcast as we welcome back SkyNRG as Tom Berg unpacks their latest Market Outlook report.Tom shares the reason why they produce these reports, the meticulous methodology behind their report, whi...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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46:42
The SAF Podcast: The three certainties of SAF - feedstocks, offtakes and tax incentives
This week, we sit down with Dani Charles, Veriflux, who talks through his fascinating journey from government tech to co-founding a pioneering company in the renewable feedstock industry. Dani reveals how Veriflux, since its inception i...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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48:35
The SAF Podcast: Wastefront - Making the most of a tyre situation
What if getting your tyres replaced on your car not only protected you on the road, but also helped save the planet? Currently 50 million end of life tyres are generated annually in the UK and 80% of them are exported to the EU to be burnt. Wha...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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42:01
The SAF Podcast: Johnson Matthey's CANS do attitude
This week Maurits van Tol, CEO Catalyst Technologies, Johnson Matthey joins Oscar on The SAF Podcast.Hot on the heels of the announcement that their FT Cans technology, developed with bp. will be used for DG Fuels' $4bn St John's Parish...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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40:05