Sustainable aviation fuel capacity on the cards as international delegates prepare for COP28.
With COP28 soon to be held in Dubai, 30 November - 12 December, and many taking to the air to attend the event, companies are busy making sustainable aviation fuel more readily available with plans for new capacity.
Boeing and renewable energy company Masdar have said that they are partnering to support the global aviation industry to achieve net zero by 2050. The memorandum of understanding between the partners, signed during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2023, will see the partners advancing the development and adoption of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) policies in the UAE and beyond.
Earlier this year Masdar said that it was leading an initiative focusing on green hydrogen to produce SAF.
Meanwhile the UK is set to get new SAF production capacity with US-based Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) and its subsidiary Wilis Sustainable Fuels UK, saying that Teesworks, in Tees Valley UK, has been seleted as the location for a SAF production facility. The plant will convert feedstocks sourced from industrial waste carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into aviation turbine fuel.
‘Our process is designed to produce drop-in sustainable aviation fuel utilising advanced technology for power-to-liquid SAF. WLFC’s focus on SAFs is one element of our broader goal to contribute to the decarbonisation of aviation,’ said Stephanie Sutherland, WLFC’s Director of Corporate Development.
The project is said to align with and support the Tees Valley net zero strategy, but also the UK’s plan to “Build Back Greener” and its Jet Zero Strategy.The project could also boost the Tees Valley region as a leader in the UK’s decarbonisation, its backers say.
Also focusing on SAF, the end of September saw Poland-based Orlen and Yokogwa Europe announce that they are partnering to develop an integrated management solution for the production of synthetic aviation fuels.
Using renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide from industrial sources, the partners will develop a virtual replica of a production facility which will allow them to select the most viable process for a SAF manufacturing plant, which is due to be built by the end of 2030. Capacity is set to be in the region of 70,000 tonnes per year.
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