Darling Ingredients joint venture receives sustainable aviation fuel order

Darling Ingredients’ (DAR) 50/50 joint venture Diamond Green Diesel – DGD – will provide the first regular supply of neat sustainable aviation fuel – SAF -, to be blended with conventional jet fuel to create blended SAF, for commercial air travel out of JFK International Airport to begin in the next few months. DGD’s Port Arthur, Texas, facility will supply 1 million gallons of neat SAF, with the option to supply an additional 4 million gallons, in support of a 12-month blended SAF agreement between Valero Marketing and Supply, a subsidiary of Valero Energy (VLO), and World Fuel Services, a World Kinect (WKC) company, with ultimate delivery of such blended SAF by World Fuel to JetBlue (JBLU). With SAF expected to be on line during Q4, the DGD Port Arthur plant will have the capability to upgrade approximately 50% of its current 470 million gallon annual production capacity to SAF. With the completion of this project, DGD is expected to be one of the largest SAF manufacturers in the world.