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Interview problems or collaborate . Our conference is a brilliant forum for building these relationships .”
Moving onto the fuels themselves , Donnell notes that SAF is taking center stage right now . “ Globally there is increasing interest in SAF , which is really hitting its stride as governments are focusing on decarbonizing air transportation ,” Donnell states . “ SAF is made a little bit differently to either biodiesel or renewable diesel , and we are in the early stages here in the US , maybe a little bit behind our European counterparts , but not by much . There are only a couple of domestic SAF producers as we speak , but if we have another conversation two or three years from now , I expect there to be several new entrants into that space .
“ The industry must work out what the demand for fuels is going to be - transportation on the ground is not going away and the desire to decarbonize that
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