Sangamon Digest

Gov. JB Pritzker joined Phillips 66, United Airlines and Microsoft leaders to highlight sustainable aviation fuel made at the Wood River Refinery in Roxana, WAND reports. A hydrocracker unit blends conventional jet fuel into SAF that flows to O’Hare; the refinery has produced 11 million gallons through a partnership under the Invest in Illinois Act.

State leaders said the fuel — made from used cooking oil, tallow and distillers corn oil — should offset the emissions of 800,000 passenger trips out of O’Hare in a year. Illinois was the first state to create a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit, which Pritzker said closes the price gap with conventional fuel.