RAF supplier Zero Petroleum in talks to set up SAF plant in Ireland

British energy business Zero Petroleum is in discussions with an unnamed Irish company to establish a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Ireland. Andrew Turner, who advises Zero Petroleum, told the Irish newspaper the Business Post that the country could be “the Qatar of Europe” for SAF production due to its renewable energy potential, which he said was down to “a surfeit of green energy, wind, that you join to vast amounts of water”. Zero, which in 2022 signed a deal with the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) for SAF production and holds the world record for powering the first