Sustainable Aviation Fuel
From Waste Resources to Aviation Energy
Elysium’s fuel production activities turn suitable waste materials and responsibly sourced feedstocks into Sustainable Aviation Fuel, connecting resource recovery with the energy needs of aviation.
Through WorldScope Oils and the wider Elysium ecosystem, our approach brings together feedstock collection, fuel production and the development of captured-carbon fuel pathways. Our ambition is to build a dependable supply of aviation fuel with lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.
Giving Waste a New Purpose
Used cooking oil and suitable waste fats can become valuable raw materials for aviation fuel production.
Our approach starts with the source: identifying suitable materials, checking their origin and quality, and directing them to the appropriate processing pathway. Responsible sourcing and traceability help establish how a fuel is made and how its environmental performance should be assessed.
Through WorldScope Oils, this connects businesses and collection partners with a wider fuel supply chain.
Different Feedstocks. Purpose-Built Processes.
Producing aviation fuel requires more than collecting waste. Each feedstock needs a suitable conversion process, followed by the treatment, testing and quality controls required for aviation use.
Waste oils and fats
Waste oils and fats can be processed through hydroprocessing pathways.
Other biomass and residues
Other eligible biomass and residues require different technologies, such as conversion through alcohols or synthesis gas.
Feedstock selection
Feedstock selection depends on technical suitability, responsible sourcing, availability and the sustainability requirements of the intended market.
Carbon Capture and the Next Generation of Aviation Fuel
Captured carbon creates another route to aviation fuel production.
In a power-to-liquid process, captured carbon dioxide is combined with hydrogen produced using renewable electricity. Further conversion and refining produce synthetic aviation fuel components.
Our carbon-capture strategy focuses on the connections between CO₂ supply, renewable energy, hydrogen and fuel production. Together, these technologies offer an opportunity to diversify aviation’s fuel sources beyond biological feedstocks.
Using captured carbon in fuel recycles it through a further use cycle. It does not permanently store that carbon: CO₂ is released when the fuel is burned.
From Production to Aircraft
Every stage matters—from incoming feedstock to the finished aviation fuel.
The supply chain includes feedstock preparation, conversion, refining, laboratory testing, any required blending, storage and delivery into airport fuel infrastructure.
Fuel supplied for aircraft use must meet the applicable aviation fuel specifications, pathway requirements and blending limits. Sustainability credentials are assessed separately through the relevant sourcing and lifecycle requirements.
Our objective is to connect production with dependable aviation supply as participating airline operations and fuel arrangements become available.
Measuring the Full Lifecycle
The environmental performance of SAF depends on how it is made.
SAF still produces emissions during flight. Its potential benefit lies in reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared with conventional fossil jet fuel.
Our approach is to communicate results against defined production pathways and supporting evidence, with a clear distinction between production, delivered fuel and fuel used by an airline.
A meaningful assessment considers
One Ecosystem. Dedicated Aviation and Marine Fuel Pathways.
Elysium’s wider energy strategy connects resource recovery with transport fuel production.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel
For aviation, the focus is Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
Mooney Cruise Lines
For Mooney Cruise Lines, the complementary story is marine biodiesel and suitable marine fuel supply.
Explore Mooney marine biodieselThese activities share an interest in responsible feedstock sourcing, production and logistics. Each fuel follows its own technical specifications and operating requirements.
Together, they support a broader ambition: creating more value from suitable waste resources across aviation and maritime transport.
Build the Fuel Supply Chain With Us
We welcome enquiries from feedstock suppliers, collection businesses, fuel producers, carbon-capture developers, renewable hydrogen providers, airports and logistics partners.
Help connect responsible resource recovery with the next generation of aviation energy.
Partnership enquiries: partnerships@elysiumairlines.com