Europe’s first eSAF feedstocks produced in Finland

  • Gas
  • December 3, 2025

Finnish technology company Liquid Sun has launched what it claims is Europe’s first sustainable synthetic aviation fuel (eSAF) pilot plant in Espoo.

The unit – built from two large shipping containers – converts biogenic carbon dioxide and hydrogen produced with renewable electricity into synthetic crude oil, which is then refined into eSAF.

The pilot has been engineered to meet industrial-scale requirements and the first sample of eSAF crude is ready.

Driven by EU aviation regulations, demand for eSAF is set to grow rapidly although it must overcome a range of challenges including hight costs, energy requirements, project funding, policy certainty and feedstock availability.

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