'SAF Superhighway': Exolum confirms investment in 'UK's first independent SAF blending facility'

James Murray
clock • 3 min read
Exolum's aviation fuel pipeline network / Credit: Exolum
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Exolum's aviation fuel pipeline network / Credit: Exolum

Plans could help up to 65,000 flights a year access lower carbon fuels through Exolum's re-fuelling network

European aviation fuel logistics giant Exolum has announced plans to invest £4.5m to create the UK's first independent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blending facility at Redcliffe Bay in south-west England....

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