Cosmo Oil to convert used cooking oil into aviation fuel

The energy company has signed a partnership with Suita City to promote the adoption of the biofuel through recycling operations.

Cosmo Oil has announced an agreement to advance the conversion of used cooking oil into feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other products. 

The energy company has developed a partnership alongside Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, JGC Holdings Corporation, REVO International, and SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY to promote the production and application of this biofuel. Suita City is expected to provide approximately 27,000 liters of used cooking oil per year as feedstock for SAF, marking the largest volume of used oil repurposed as SAF feedstock by a local government in Japan.

Through this initiative, the city aims to empower individual citizens to contribute to decarbonization and realize a carbon-free, resource-recycling society.

The raw material will be collected at 15 public facilities in Suita City, including local government office buildings and libraries, by REVO International and transported to the SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY plant. The facility is located on the premises of Cosmo Oil’s Sakai Refinery for large-scale SAF production.

Furthermore, the parties will also explore the possibility of collecting used cooking oil at services stations operated by the Cosmo Energy Group within the city.