Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Climate Confident, I chat with Alexei Beltyukov, co-founder of Universal Fuel Technologies, about a new process called flexiforming that might just change how we produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at scale.
We talk about why SAF is still the only realistic path to decarbonising long-haul aviation (for now), how flexiforming allows for much more flexible, cost-effective fuel production, and why current mandates and incentives are both helping and hindering progress. Alexei breaks down how their tech works, what makes it different from traditional methods like HEFA and Fischer–Tropsch, and how it could slot into existing refinery infrastructure without major overhauls.
In this episode:
✔️ What is flexiforming and why does it matter?
✔️ How SAF compares to hydrogen and electric alternatives
✔️ The EU's upcoming SAF mandates (and why they’re a big deal)
✔️ Why feedstock flexibility could make or break the SAF industry
✔️ Whether SAF will ever compete with fossil jet fuel on cost
🎧 Listen to the full episode or catch the key takeaways here.
📌 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations on climate solutions that actually scale.
More at: climateconfidentpodcast.com
#sustainableaviationfuel #SAF #decarbonisingaviation #climatetech #renewablefuels #flexiforming #aviationemissions #climateconfident #TomRaftery #UniversalFuelTechnologies
In this episode of Climate Confident, I chat with Alexei Beltyukov, co-founder of Universal Fuel Technologies, about a new process called flexiforming that might just change how we produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at scale.
We talk about why SAF is still the only realistic path to decarbonising long-haul aviation (for now), how flexiforming allows for much more flexible, cost-effective fuel production, and why current mandates and incentives are both helping and hindering progress. Alexei breaks down how their tech works, what makes it different from traditional methods like HEFA and Fischer–Tropsch, and how it could slot into existing refinery infrastructure without major overhauls.
In this episode:
✔️ What is flexiforming and why does it matter?
✔️ How SAF compares to hydrogen and electric alternatives
✔️ The EU's upcoming SAF mandates (and why they’re a big deal)
✔️ Why feedstock flexibility could make or break the SAF industry
✔️ Whether SAF will ever compete with fossil jet fuel on cost
🎧 Listen to the full episode or catch the key takeaways here.
📌 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations on climate solutions that actually scale.
More at: climateconfidentpodcast.com
#sustainableaviationfuel #SAF #decarbonisingaviation #climatetech #renewablefuels #flexiforming #aviationemissions #climateconfident #TomRaftery #UniversalFuelTechnologies
