Minnesota: The Fuel of the Future

As America races toward a greener future, the demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has never been higher. Minnesota is seizing the opportunity to break into this emerging industry before the competition, leveraging its agricultural strength to kickstart a hub that could establish the state as a pioneer in SAF production.

The Minnesota SAF Hub, a coalition comprising the Greater MSP Partnership, Bank of America, Delta Air Lines, Ecolab, Xcel Energy and other stakeholders, is on a journey to develop a fully integrated SAF supply chain in Minnesota.

In partnership with Delta, Flint Hills Resources is in the early stages of developing a facility capable of blending up to 30 million gallons of neat (unblended) SAF with conventional jet fuel. This project will be a first-of-its-kind facility between the coasts. Located at Flint Hills’ Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount, the facility will deliver the blended fuel via its existing pipeline to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), Delta’s second-largest hub. Shell has already committed to supplying the neat SAF for the project.

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