Thailand Turns Used Cooking Oil into Sustainable Jet Fuel

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Thailand is taking a green leap forward, transforming used cooking oil into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to tackle carbon emissions. Industry Minister Akanat Promphan announced this ambitious project aimed at reducing greenhouse gases by up to 80% compared to conventional jet fuel.

 

The initiative is part of Thailand’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050, a goal set by former Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha in 2021 during the UN Climate Change Conference.

 

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the Department of Industrial Promotion and leading businesses, including Bangchak Corporation and major food companies like Central Group and Thai Beverage. These partners will manage the collection of used cooking oil and educate the public on its environmental benefits.

 

 

 

Natthiya Netayasubha, chief of the Department of Industrial Promotion, mentioned that authorities are keenly analyzing SAF demand and exploring various raw materials like palm oil and sugar cane molasses for SAF production.

 

Bangchak Corp President Chaiwat Kovavisarach emphasized the need for government mandates on SAF requirements in the aviation industry. In line with this, Bangchak Corp is nearing completion of an SAF factory, set to produce 1 million litres daily, in Phra Khanong district. It's an eco-friendly stride towards a sustainable future, reported Bangkok Post.

 

-- 2025-04-03

 

 

[Crossy]

Sustainable, made with fresh materials - Yup I'll go with that.

 

USED cooking oil in an aircraft - No way Somchai.

 

The same stuff as proper bio-diesel, ok. If the truck stops nobody dies.

 

Will we ever know which airlines are actually using this stuff??

 

 

[KannikaP]

5 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Sustainable, made with fresh materials - Yup I'll go with that.

 

USED cooking oil in an aircraft - No way Somchai.

 

The same stuff as proper bio-diesel, ok. If the truck stops nobody dies.

 

Will we ever know which airlines are actually using this stuff??

 

 

Chippy Airways! 555

[MikeandDow]

Aviation biofuel: technically feasible, economic competitiveness is a challenge its cost is 11% higher than normal fuel

[Crossy]

2 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

Aviation biofuel: technically feasible, economic competitiveness is a challenge its cost is 11% higher than normal fuel

 

At least the raw material is free.

[MikeandDow]

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

At least the raw material is free.

sustainable aviation fuel can be produced from almost any type of biomass through chemical, thermochemical, and biochemical conversion pathways, its not new science

[robz]

krung prick thai per litre oil makes the airplane faster.

[John Drake]

US biofuels using corn for SAF are already netzero and a renewable resource. The supply of used cooking oil, OTOH, is difficult to collect and easy to deplete. Need another source than used cooking oil, which street food sellers are already using over and over anyway.

[Sierra Tango]

They are making this out to be a new thing but cooking oil has been being collected and refined into bio fuels for what seems like forever. That is all highly commendable and good on them for giving it a go but the logistics of collecting the used oil from the myriad locations that use it will be fairly hellish, I would imagine.

Everyone, not only Thailand but many of other countries, droning on about being carbon neutraly 2050...yeah, nah, I doubt it.

As for palm oil being used to produce bio fuel, that causes more damage to the environment than burning fosil fuels, Vast tracts of land, tropical forests and wetlands being slashed and burned to create palm plantations are decimating the land through deforestation, habitat loss and green house gas emissions, most notably in countries like Malaysia where the plantations are just bloody massive. So, whomever are the geniuses touting more [palm oil production need to be told what a stupid idea it actually is.

[proton]

^{Don't believe it, they usually use cooking oil until it's black 😁}

[MikeandDow]

Well maybe AN can help becuse there is lots of biomass on here every day!!

[phetphet]

They should have plenty of source fuel from all those night markets.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

Sustainable, made with fresh materials - Yup I'll go with that.

 

USED cooking oil in an aircraft - No way Somchai.

 

The same stuff as proper bio-diesel, ok. If the truck stops nobody dies.

 

Will we ever know which airlines are actually using this stuff??

 

 

 

And, every time a jet overflies my house, rattling the windows, I will have the added benefit of a whiff of french fries (chips), right?

 

I cannot wait.

 

((I prefer NUCLEAR POWERED aircraft, for just this very reason.))

 

No smell.

 

 

[Crossy]

6 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

And, every time a jet overflies my house, rattling the windows, I will have the added benefit of a whiff of french fries (chips), right?

I cannot wait.

((I prefer NUCLEAR POWERED aircraft, for just this very reason.))

No smell.

 

There's an old guy who collects used oil from our family restaurant (at one time he was paid to take it away, now he actually pays for it).

 

He filters it (coffee filters) and mixes it 50-50 with pump diesel.

 

It runs his old indirect-injection Nissan pickup and the local farmer's iron-buffaloes just fine (it's going nowhere near our common-rail diesels). The exhausts definitely smell of fried fish!

 

[GammaGlobulin]

14 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

There's an old guy who collects used oil from our family restaurant (at one time he was paid to take it away, now he actually pays for it).

 

He filters it (coffee filters) and mixes it 50-50 with pump diesel.

 

It runs his old indirect-injection Nissan pickup and the local farmer's iron-buffaloes just fine (it's going nowhere near our common-rail diesels). The exhausts definitely smell of fried fish!

 

 

He is an example of the true scientist.

He reminds me of Ben Franklin, a true American.

 

[black tabby12345]

Waste cooking oil makes diesel fuel.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

23 minutes ago, Crossy said:

The exhausts definitely smell of fried fish!

 

TUNA, I hope.

 

The smell of Tuna always makes me, suddenly, ravenous.

 

[JAG]

14 hours ago, Crossy said:

Will we ever know which airlines are actually using this stuff??

Well, I suppose if the aircraft smells like the back door of the municipal market food court it might provide a clue!