The SAF Podcast
Welcome to The SAF Podcast, the only podcast on the internet that exclusively covers sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). So if you want to find out the real issues and challenges are for commercialising and scaling SAF production, look no further.
Every week we will be hearing from senior industry leaders who are actively shaping the future of SAF and aviation.
Hosted by Oscar Henderson and brought to you by the team at SAF Investor. Connect with us at www.safinvestor.com
Episodes
92 episodes
Maria Whittaker, Abra Group: The quest for SAF in Latin America
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar is joined by Maria Whittaker, Corporate Responsibility Officer at Abra Group — the airline group behind Avianca and GOL, serving nearly 70 million passengers across Latin America.Maria unpac...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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41:20
Kenneth Hill, BioCarbon Strategies: Deciphering SAF's Alphabetti Spaghetti
Kenneth Hill, BioCarbon Strategies joins us for this episode of The SAF Podcast as we knee deep in the alphabet soup of North American tax policy. Ken brings unique insight as a former U.S. Department of Energy financing official wh...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:05:52
Jan Toscka, Zaffra: Realising the romantic potential of eSAF
This episode of The SAF Podcast sees Jan Toschka, CEO at Zaffra, join Oscar for a wide ranging discussion on the potential of eSAF and the Power-to-Liquid pathway.Jan brings 27 years of energy sector experience—including leading Shell A...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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48:50
Green Finance Institute - The personal trainers for SAF project finance
In this episode, we dive deep into the financing challenges and solutions driving the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry forward with Mahesh Roy, Programme Director, SAF at the Green Finance Institute. Mahesh shares his uniqu...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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51:54
DG Fuels - Strategy at the heart of everything
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar sits down with Chris Chaput — a former Northwest Airlines executive, Morgan Stanley investment banker, and airline restructuring specialist — to unpack how DG Fuels is not just developing a SAF pro...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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52:16
FGE NexantECA - The building blocks for SAF project development
This week's episode of The SAF Podcast sees Clive Gibson and Connie Lo from FGE NexantECA join Oscar.This episode is a must listen if you want a blueprint of how to develop a SAF project, what separates investable SAF projects from optim...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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50:19
Dana Shoukroun, Invest Through Flying - Wearing lab coats and enabling nuclear
This week Dana Shoukroun, Invest Through Flying is our guest on The SAF Podcast. The conversation is a wide ranging one covering the cost of compliance, why purchasing SAF now will pay dividends in the future and how growing SAF has...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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51:08
Future Energy Global - SAF's new year's resolutions for 2026
This week Natasha Mann, Future Energy Global (FEG) comes back on the Podcast to discuss her busy last few years, we wrap up SAF in 2025 and look forward to what to expect from 2026. We begin by looking at all the deals FEG have sign...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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59:54
Fedex - Shipping your cargo on SAF
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar is joined by Mike Fulton, Project Aircraft Engineer at FedEx and widely known as “The SAF Guy,” for a deep-dive conversation on how one of the world’s largest cargo airlines is approaching sustainable a...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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51:13
BookBetter - Bringing SAF to the forefront of travel booking
We kick off 2026 on the podcast with a great conversation with Nicolas Guillaume and Louis Lammertyn from BookBetter. The platform integrates sustainability costs directly into flight pricing, offering travelers 100% SAF options and...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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36:39
The SAF Podcast: National Laboratory of the Rockies - Aligning academia and industry
The final episode of 2025 brings a fresh perspective as The SAF Podcast welcomes its first Academic, Alon Lidor from the National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).Alon shares his fascinating j...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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43:19
The SAF Podcast: Avioxx - Developing cleantech and the learnings from fintech
On this week's episode of The SAF Podcast Chris Hancock, Avioxx joins Oscar to share their waste-to-fuel technology and their UK project development strategy. Chris begins by sharing his journey from fintech entrepreneur to cleantec...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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44:02
The SAF Podcast: Nexen Biosystems - How celebrity tequila brands are helping develop next gen SAF
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar Henderson sits down with Hamid, Francis and Sergio from Nexen Biosystems to explore one of the most unconventional and interesting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstocks emerging today...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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51:56
The SAF Podcast: Exolum - Stocking the shelves for SAF's superhighway
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar Henderson welcomes back Gorka Penalva, Exolum, to discuss the company’s latest milestone — the launch of its new SAF blending facility at Redcliffe Bay in the UK. Gorka share...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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31:52
The SAF Podcast: Alaska Airlines - Focusing on what you can control
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Diana Birkett Rakow, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Sustainability at Alaska Airlines and incoming CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, joins Oscar for a deep dive into how th...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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48:55
The SAF Podcast: Catagen - The modular route to decentralised SAF supply
Hot off the heels of their public announcement, Mel Courtney, Catagen is the latest guest on The SAF Podcast. We discuss the spinning out of Catagen ClimaHtech Green Flight, utilizing the technology honed in the 15 years of emission...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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46:32
The SAF Podcast: PA Consulting - From Cacophony to Symphony
This week on The SAF Podcast Kata Cserep and Salem Esber, PA Consulting join Oscar to discuss the recent Cacophony to Symphony: Successfully Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel report. With nearly 600 survey participants spanning airl...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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49:18
The SAF Podcast: EcoCeres - Planting the seeds for SAF's bumper harvest
This week Matti Lievonen, EcoCeres joins Oscar on The SAF Podcast. Matti shares insights from his illustrious career from the transition from traditional refining at Neste to pioneering renewable fuel production in the rapidly expanding Asian S...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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46:06
The SAF Podcast: ASAFA - Developing Asia's SAF road
This week on The SAF Podcast we turn both eyes and ears to Asia with the three founders of the Asian SAF Association, Fabrice Espinosa, Gabriel Ho and Dietmar Posselt. Covering 48 vastly differing countries from the Middle East across to APAC, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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1:03:40
The SAF Podcast: Gidara Energy - SAF Technology For Your Eyes Only
Ever wondered what MI6 was evaluating after World War II that could help solve our aviation climate crisis today? The answer lies in a century-old technology that's experiencing a remarkable revival.Peter-Paul Langerak of Gidara Energy j...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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48:08
The SAF Podcast: Emerging Fuels Technology - Why Biogas is more than just hot air for SAF
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, David Lloyd from Emerging Fuel Technology joins Oscar to discuss sustainable aviation fuel production, biogas feedstocks, and the challenges of scaling renewable fuel projects. Lloyd, a former airline strateg...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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1:10:44
The SAF Podcast: AIRCO - The art of revenue generation during development
This week on The SAF Podcast we are joined by Greg Constantine, Co-Founder & CEO, AIRCO (Formerly Air Company). Originally from Australia, Greg explains the strategy behind building out technology development from revenue genera...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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47:49
The SAF Podcast: Synhelion - Harnessing the power of the sun
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar Henderson speaks with Gianluca Ambrosetti, CEO and co-founder of Synhelion, to explore the future of solar fuels and their role in scaling sustainable aviation fuel (...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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52:19
The SAF Podcast: SMBC - All things not the same for equity and debt financing
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, we sit down with Martin Forman, Director at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), to explore the challenges and opportunities in financing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects. With a backg...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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39:45
The SAF Podcast: Honeywell - Evolving, acquiring and forming alliances
In this episode of The SAF Podcast we are joined by Richard Mathers, Senior Director of Business Development at Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions, for an in-depth exploration of Honeywell’s expanding role in sustainable aviati...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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47:08