Acelen Renewables is developing one of Brazil’s most ambitious renewable fuel platforms, combining agricultural innovation with industrial-scale refining to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO).
With planned investments of approximately $3 billion and a target production capacity of 1 billion liters of renewable fuels per year, the project aims to position Brazil as a competitive supplier of sustainable aviation fuel to global markets.
To ensure transparency, regulatory compliance and emissions credibility from the outset, the company partnered with Finboot to implement digital traceability infrastructure across its entire value chain.

Scaling SAF production with verifiable sustainability

Scaling sustainable fuel production

The global aviation industry is rapidly increasing demand for sustainable fuels (SAF & HVO). Producers must scale new supply chains capable of delivering low-carbon fuels while demonstrating sustainability and emissions performance.

Complexity in renewable fuel supply chains

Renewable fuel value chains involve multiple stakeholders, from feedstock cultivation to refining and fuel distribution. Ensuring traceability of raw materials, land eligibility and emissions across each stage is essential to guarantee sustainability claims.

Meeting global regulatory standards

Emerging biofuel producers must comply with complex regulatory frameworks such as CORSIA, the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS), and Brazil’s Fuel of the Future legislation. Reliable data infrastructure is critical to demonstrate compliance and support certification.

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The development of new renewable fuel supply chains requires producers to establish auditable sustainability data from the earliest stages of production.
Tracking feedstock origin, monitoring emissions across agricultural and industrial processes, and ensuring regulatory alignment across different markets create significant operational complexity.
Without robust digital infrastructure, certification processes become costly, time-consuming and difficult to scale.

Acelen Renewables aims to build an integrated renewable fuel platform capable of supplying global markets while maintaining high sustainability standards.
The company is developing a value chain that combines macauba cultivation across 180,000 hectares of degraded pastureland with advanced refining capabilities to produce SAF and renewable diesel.
By implementing digital traceability from the start, Acelen seeks to:
• ensure transparent sustainability data
• support certification and regulatory compliance
• strengthen credibility with regulators, customers and investors

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How MARCO Track & Trace supports ACELEN RENEWABLES

End-to-end traceability infrastructure

MARCO Track & Trace enables full visibility across the SAF and HVO value chain, from feedstock cultivation to fuel production.

Mass Balance and batch-level tracking

The platform allows the implementation of Mass Balance accounting mechanisms and batch-level traceability, ensuring transparency and accuracy in sustainability reporting.

Emissions accounting and sustainability data

The system integrates emissions calculations and sustainability criteria, enabling producers to monitor environmental performance across production stages.

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Data integrity and audit readiness

Using blockchain-based infrastructure, MARCO ensures secure and auditable sustainability data that can support certification processes and regulatory verification.

Credible sustainability reporting

Digital traceability allows Acelen to demonstrate compliance with international regulatory frameworks and sustainability standards.

Greater transparency across the value chain

The platform provides visibility into feedstock origin, production processes and emissions data, improving trust among regulators, partners and customers.

Preparing for future regulatory requirements

The solution supports emerging mechanisms such as Digital Product Passports (DPP) and evolving sustainability reporting requirements.

“The tool will ensure transparency throughout the value chain, from the origin of the biomass to the production of the fuel, and will allow us to show compliance with criteria such as feedstock eligibility, sustainability, and emissions calculation while incorporating technology solutions such as blockchain and tokenization.”

Pedro Estrela, Vice President of New Business and Digital at Acelen Renewables

Acelen Renewables and Finboot are building digital infrastructure to support one of Brazil’s most ambitious renewable fuel initiatives. By integrating digital traceability and sustainability data infrastructure from the outset, the initiative supports scalable, transparent and compliant SAF and HVO production.

Read the Acelen Renewables and Finboot announcement of a collaboration to implement digital traceability infrastructure for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production in Brazil, supporting emissions transparency and regulatory compliance across global markets.

Acelen Renewables and Finboot partner to strengthen traceability in SAF production

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