Italian company Biofuels Partners (BFP) and China-based Jianglan Bio-Energy have signed a collaboration agreement to explore cooperation across used cooking oil (UCO), hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The companies say they will focus on transparent sourcing and sustainability.
Jianglan collects UCO, a waste-derived feedstock for both fuels. Its approach is integrated, covering feedstock sourcing, pretreatment and renewable fuel production.
Its industrial footprint includes a UCO pretreatment facility with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes. It also runs an HVO-SAF plant of the same annual capacity. The facilities incorporate European Desmet pretreatment and Topsoe HydroFlex technologies.
BFP brings expertise in feedstock sourcing, strategic advisory, sustainability certification support and commercial development. Together, the partners will look at opportunities across the value chain. These include UCO, HVO-SAF supply and wider renewable fuels partnerships. The release did not give commercial terms or timelines.
BFP said credible cooperation starts with documented feedstock origin. It also requires robust chain-of-custody controls and independently verified sustainability credentials. These principles will guide the work, alongside the requirements of each destination market.
Paolo Corvo, BFP’s partner and COO, met the Jianglan team at the Global SAF Market & Sustainability Certification Summit in Zhoushan, China. They discussed how to put these priorities into practice. He also visited Jianglan’s new HVO-SAF plant.
China is advancing its own HVO-SAF sustainability certification and traceability framework. The initiatives extend from feedstock collection through fuel production and use. BFP said this reinforces the importance of accountability across the value chain.
BFP added that lasting partnerships in the growing renewable fuels sector depend on transparency, verifiable sustainability and trust.
