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Danish tech firm Topsoe and sustainable tech company BioVeritas have signed an agreement to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable fuels from waste and sustainable biomass.
With limited access to first-generation feedstocks constraining development of renewable fuels and SAF, expanding the feedstock base is critical.
The agreement will enable fuel producers to license Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology alongside the BioVeritas process to produce renewable fuels from second-generation feedstocks, such as woody biomass, corn stover, wheat straw, and similar waste and residual biomass.
Yassir Ghiyati, Chief Commercial Officer at Topsoe said through this agreement it sees a clear opportunity for both technologies to expand feedstock pathways that can help make more SAF and renewable fuel projects viable and support broader deployment globally.
Alan Del Paggio, Chief Commercial Officer at BioVeritas, said fuel producers are looking for solutions that work within the infrastructure they already have, and pairing the two creates a practical, near-term pathway to bring second-generation feedstocks into production at scale.
As global demand for SAF and renewable fuels continues to rise, expanding the feedstock base is critical to accelerating project development and meeting growing energy demand.
According to the International Air Transport Association, around 1,580 million tonnes of biomass feedstock may be available for SAF production, enough to support just over 300 million tonnes of SAF by 2050, if effective conversion technology is deployed, but directors have bemoaned the .
The governments of Hong Kong and Dongguan in nearby mainland China – together with renewables producer EcoCeres – are in the Greater Bay Area which would serve Asia Pacific.
Today, all SAF pathways face structural barriers to widespread adoption.
Power-to-liquid (PtL) methods using green hydrogen face cost pressures and competition for renewable electricity while gasification from biomass sources faces finite feedstocks and hydrogen-deficient syngas.
However, combining the two imperfect processes could .
