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INTEGRATED OFFERING
Honeywell, Johnson Matthey, Gidara Energy

and Samsung E&A form SAF technology alliance

Diversified American conglomerate ensuring communication, coordination neering, procurement, construction
Honeywell, UK-based catalysts major and reliability throughout the SAF pro- and project execution management.
Johnson Matthey, Dutch sustainable duction process.
energy firm Gidara Energy and Korean Over the near-term, the collabora-
engineering company Samsung E&A With the resources of all four com- tion aims to scale the use of gasification
have announced a technology alliance panies, the integrated and modular and FT SAF production methods, while
to bring a novel end-to-end solution solution is expected to reduce the time enabling biomass and municipal solid
to market for producing sustainable between feasibility study and facility waste to be used as feedstocks. As the
aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass and startup by more than 15% and can re- SAF industry faces limits of traditional
municipal solid waste. duce capital expenditures by up to 10%. feedstocks, this production method
is becoming increasingly important
By collaborating, the companies The non-exclusive full-service with the International Energy Agency
plan to introduce a new joint techno- offering planned to be launched by reporting that biofuels produced from
logy offering that leverages the Fischer- the partners will include: waste and non-food energy crops will
Tropsch (FT) production process and * Gidara Energy’s proficiency in gasi- meet more than 40% of total biofuel
aims to unlock abundant, globally fication and syngas production for demand by 2030.
available feedstock options to help feedstock transformation.
meet growing demand for SAF. The * Johnson Matthey’s advanced catalysts The new alliance builds on the
joint approach aims to expedite project and technology for syngas to fuels. strong synthetic fuel collaboration bet-
timelines and provide customers with a * Honeywell’s process technology ween Johnson Matthey and Honeywell
single point of accountability for pro- and digital automation solutions. to provide methanol-to-jet and FT
ject execution and product guarantees, * Samsung E&A’s expertise in engi- pathway solutions.
CARBON-NEUTRAL SYNTHETIC FUELS
Ineratec opens power-to-liquid plant in Frankfurt

German cleantech company, regulatory requirements, such as the
Ineratec, has begun operations at ‘Era ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, which
One’, a power-to-liquid plant for the sets binding quotas for SAF.
production of e-fuels and e-chemicals
in Frankfurt-Höchst (Germany). The The ‘Era One’ plant uses CO from
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company said the plant – the largest biogenic sources and green hydrogen
of its kind in Europe – will produce up to produce synthetic crude oil, which is
to 2,500-tpa of carbon-neutral e-fuels. then processed into sustainable aviation
This will make commercial-scale fuel (e-SAF), e-diesel, chemicals and
volumes of synthetic fuels available in said Tim Böltken, co-founder and CEO other products. The two feedstocks for
Europe for the first time. of Ineratec, at the plant opening ceremony. the new plant come directly from the
Frankfurt-Höchst industrial park where
“With Era One, we offer a genuine Ineratec said the modular design of it is located. The CO comes from a
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solution to one of the biggest problems its plants makes it possible to quickly biogas plant that recycles waste, and
of our time: emissions in sectors that are and efficiently expand production capa- the hydrogen is a byproduct of chlorine
hard to electrify, like aviation and ship- city. By 2030, the company plans to production. Ineratec said the e-fuels are
ping. Climate-neutral e-fuels are not just increase its annual production several “drop-in ready”, meaning they can be
technologically possible. Era One shows times over with additional projects. used without any modifications to exis-
that they are also ready for the market,” This scaling is crucial for achieving ting systems, such as aircraft engines.

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