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Danish firm Topsoe and South African chemical and energy company Sasol have been chosen as technology providers for the Sustaero sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Canada which aims to launch in 2030.
Topsoe and Sasol will provide gas-to-liquid synfuels (G2L) technology with Topsoe’s hydrogen production, gas reforming and hydroprocessing solutions, integrated with Sasol’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and treatment technologies.
The G2L e-fuels process is an end-to-end single point licensing solution enabling the conversion of renewable feedstocks like gasified biomass or captured CO2 and hydrogen to e-fuels.
When fully operational, the facility is expected to produce 3,200 barrels per day of SAF with expansion potential of three times initial capacity.
Yassir Ghiyati, Chief Commercial Officer at Topsoe, said, “Sustainable aviation fuel will play a critical role in supporting aviation’s transition to lower-emission fuels, and projects like this demonstrate how proven technologies and strong collaboration can accelerate the commercialisation of renewable fuels at scale.”
Sarushen Pillay, Executive Vice-President for Business Building, Strategy and Technology at Sasol, said it looks forward to delivering an integrated FT solution that de-risks the project, drives product yields and strengthens overall bankability.
Keith Gillard, CEO of Sustaero, said its syngas optimisation for Aviation Renewables architecture is augmented and de-risked by integrating their G2L technologies.
The news is a fillip for Topsoe and Sasol after they recently announced the , just three years after its formation.
The companies said they would instead commercialise their combined technologies through an existing licensing alliance established in 2019.
To stay on track for net zero by 2050, the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Scenario states over 10% of fuel consumption in aviation needs to be SAF by 2030.
However high costs, scarce raw materials, and lack of new factories continue to hold the scaling of SAF back.
Canada’s Syntholene has completed the construction of its geothermal-powered in Húsavík, Iceland, six months ahead of schedule.
The UK’s Department for Transport recently launched a to meet SAF mandate targets and support decarbonisation efforts across the domestic aviation industry.
The UK government has also launched a consultation to , asking the industry whether enough e-fuels, including hydrogen-derived power-to-liquids (PtL), will be available to meet future requirements.
