Singapore, Nov. 13 -- A new facility on Pulau Bukom island of Singapore will produce sustainable aviation fuel from 2028, with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and US low-cost carrier JetBlue potentially becoming its early users.

Climate technology start-up Aether Fuels and Aster on November 11 signed a cooperation agreement to develop the Project Beacon facility which is expected to produce up to 50 barrels a day - or 2,000 tonnes of fuel annually - when completed in 2028.

It will be located at Aster's refining hub on Pulau Bukom, which the chemical, energy and infrastructure solutions company took over from Shell in April.

Sustainable aviation fuel is jet fuel made from renewable or waste-based sources that produce lower greenhouse gas emiss...