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Trump's Second Term

This renewable energy CEO expects growth in Trump’s 2nd term

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 19, 2024
“I am feeling ready to be surprised,” said Gene Gebolys of World Energy, an alternative fuels provider.
At Gene Gebolys' company World Energy, yellowish beef tallow is used to make sustainable aviation fuel.
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A Warmer World

Sustainable jet fuel costs twice as much as fossil fuel. New federal subsidies aim to close that gap.

by Caleigh Wells
May 2, 2024
The Biden administration wants increase the use of sustainable aviation fuel around 180 fold by 2030.
Right now, the aviation industry uses about 16 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel each year. The Biden administration is hoping to hit 3 billion gallons by 2030.
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Breaking Ground

The Biden administration’s bet on sustainable aviation fuel

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 22, 2024
Right now, sustainable aviation fuel is “a drop in the bucket” compared to conventional jet fuel, but that might not be the case for long.
"Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal and Samir Sukhtankar, director of operations for World Energy, a biofuels maker, look over the company’s Paramount production facility.
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French entrepreneurs look to agriculture and forestry for the future of aviation fuel

by John Laurenson
Dec 28, 2022
One company says it can make sustainable aviation fuel using beets, sugar cane and forestry waste.
France is Europe's largest producer of sugar beets. Now, a bioenergy company there is using bacteria from the sugar to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
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