Nico Nicholas, ZEERO Group: One person's waste is another one's treasure

About this episode

Oscar interviews Nico Nicholas about the challenges and strategies in scaling waste-to-fuel projects for sustainable aviation fuel.

In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar is joined by Nico Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO of Zeero Group, for a discussion on the commercial and strategic realities of scaling the Hydrothermal Liquefaction SAF pathway. The conversation goes beyond the technical basics to look at how waste-to-fuel projects are financed, how they can be tailored to local infrastructure needs, and why collaboration across sectors may be essential if SAF is to scale at pace. We dive into a variety of topics includ...

People in this episode

Host: Oscar

Guest: Nico Nicholas

Topics covered

• waste-to-fuel
• Hydrothermal Liquefaction
• sustainable aviation fuel
• financing projects
• collaboration
• infrastructure

Keywords

• sustainable aviation fuel
• waste-to-fuel
• Hydrothermal Liquefaction
• financing
• collaboration
• infrastructure

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Organizations: Zeero Group

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