How HIF Global’s synthetic fuels and waste-based pathways could change SAF economics

How HIF Global’s synthetic fuels and waste-based pathways could change SAF economics

March 26, 2026 · 38 min · Episode 159

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Dirk Singer interviews Meg Gentle about the impact of synthetic fuels and waste-based pathways on sustainable aviation fuel economics.

In this episode, Dirk Singer speaks with Meg Gentle, Executive Director at HIF Global, about how synthetic fuels and waste-based pathways could reshape the economics of sustainable aviation fuel. Gentle discusses: Why Chile’s exceptional wind resources made it the starting point for HIF’s first e-fuels facility, and how that model is now being replicated globallyHow e-fuels are produced by combining green hydrogen with captured CO2 to create transportable liquid fuels like methanol and jet fu...

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Host: Dirk Singer

Guest: Meg Gentle

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Organizations: HIF Global

Products: e-fuels, green hydrogen, methanol, jet fuel

Places: Chile

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