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VERSO ENERGY and TRAPIL have signed a co-development agreement for VERSO ENERGY’s DEZiR project. A CO2 transport pipeline will connect the Biomasse Énergie d’Alizay (BEA) site in the Eure department, France, to a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production site in Petit-Couronne, Seine-Maritime, France, supporting the production of electro-SAF (e-SAF). The DEZiR project will produce up to...
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Vema Hydrogen has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SAF+ International Group (SAF+IG) to supply more than 4,000 tons (3,628 tonnes) of hydrogen annually from its engineered mineral hydrogen (EMH) project based in Quebec, Canada, to SAF+IG’s co-located production plant. The partnership will introduce a new, cost-effective hydrogen source to support synthetic sustainable aviation...
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INERATEC and Zeopore have announced a successful technology collaboration to drive more efficient and economically competitive production of CO2-neutral e-Fuels and e-Chemicals. The collaboration involves combining INERATEC’s hydrocracking process with Zeopore’s meso-zeolite catalyst technology, which enhances catalytic selectivity, activity and lifetime, in turn improving efficiency,...
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ITM Power has been granted £46.5 million for its Chronos electrolyser stack from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Combined with the £40m equity investment from Great British Energy, the grant will allow ITM Power to establish the operational capacity needed to manufacture the electrolyser stack, accelerating industry adoption of green hydrogen and supporting the...
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Eight e-Fuel industry partners have written a document titled “Joint Letter calling for Speedy Targeted Amendment Process of the Delegated Act (EU) 2023/1184 on RFNBO Production Criteria” to the European Commission (EC)’s Directorate-General for Energy. One of the members, eFuel Alliance, stated the “goal was to ensure that the announced targeted revision of the production criteria for...
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Evos and HyFive have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for an e-methanol storage and handling project in the Port of Rotterdam. Within the non-binding LOI, both companies will look at potential technical and commercial parameters – including logistics interfaces and operational requirements – for the venture, which intends to use e-methanol produced by HyFive’s HyMet Musel project in...
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Rolls-Royce Power Systems has completed a laboratory fuel assessment using INERATEC’s e-Diesel MATERA, with the renewable synthetic fuel meeting selected requirements of EN 15940 and relevant parameters of the mtu Fluids and Lubricants Specification A001061/46. The assessment focused on chemical and physical fuel properties, selected material compatibility parameters, lubricity,...
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Fortescue and CMB.TECH have signed an agreement for the charter of 12 ammonia-capable vessels, advancing decarbonisation efforts in global shipping and the adoption of ammonia as a shipping fuel. As part of the agreement, Fortescue will charter 12 Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels, 210,000dwt, from Bocimar, CMB.TECH’s dry bulk shipping operator. Between one and three of the vessels, expected to...
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Ahead of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation implementation, eFuel Alliance hosted a lunch event at the European Parliament that discussed how to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) deployment while safeguarding European competitiveness. The event, titled “SAF Integration and ReFuelEU Aviation Revision”, was moderated by Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP and included keynote speeches from eFuel...
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Tree Energy Solutions (TES) has appointed Clare Harris as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. The decision comes as TES advances its portfolio of flagship projects, currently representing more than 1.5GW of electrolyser capacity, through final investment decision (FID). The electrolyser projects will serve European, North American and Asian markets with resilient, flexible, low-carbon...
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Protium has opened its Pioneer 2 green hydrogen production site in Port Talbot, Wales, strengthening its capabilities, capacity and service offerings in the area. Pioneer 2 is a next-generation green hydrogen facility that is designed to produce up to one tonne of green hydrogen a day from a 2.5MW electrolyser. It also integrates on-site renewable power and storage in order to supply...
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Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has successfully delivered and installed a largest-of-its-kind e-Methanol reactor at the Liaoyuan E-Methanol Project, marking a significant construction milestone. Once it begins operations, the Liaoyuan project – situated in Jilin Province, China, and developed by Tianying Group – will be the largest e-methanol facility globally. Phase 1 production...
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Topsoe’s eREACT Fuels production line is officially operational, allowing the company to support customer projects and accelerate clean fuels and industrial decarbonisation. The eREACT Fuels technology utilises electrical heating instead of traditional fossil combustion, producing syngas through renewable energy, green hydrogen and captured CO2. These processes form a key part of the...
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The National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI) and ClassNK announce research for the corrosion rate of liquified carbon dioxide (LCO2) cargo tanks under low-temperature and low-pressure conditions. The aim of the research is to improve LCO2 transportation safety practices, and to inform rational design and operations that balance corrosion risk with impurity removal costs, improving both the...
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Kanadevia Inova has awarded AFRY with an engineering assignment relating to Encyclis’ UK carbon capture (CC) facility. As engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the plant, Kanadevia’s move positions AFRY as the deliverer of steel structures and piping system services for the integration of the CC plant with existing infrastructure. The CC facility, which aims to...
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Sasol and Topsoe pivot in their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) partnership by winding down their joint venture, Zaffra, while enhancing their Single Point Licensor (SPL) framework. Zaffra was established in 2023 to combine Sasol’s advanced Fischer-Tropsch fuel and Topsoe’s clean fuels technologies in support of emerging SAF opportunities. However, as the SAF market develops, Sasol and...
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OMV Petrom has delivered the fourth and final module for a 20mw electrolyser at the green hydrogen project at Petrobrazi refinery, Romania. The company currently has 55mw of capacity under development over two electrolysers (20mw and 35mw). The 20mw electrolyser will produce around 3,000 tons (2,721 tonnes) of green hydrogen per year and will be used in production processes including for...
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Allied Biofuels and Sinopec Engineering Group have signed a Front-End Engineering Design & Detailed Engineering contract with rollover to Engineering, Procurement and Construction for an electric-sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) and SAF project in Uzbekistan. Allied Biofuels is developing the $6.1 billion (€5.4 billion) large-scale, fully integrated bio-aviation fuel complex, designed...
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The German Development Corporation (GIZ) and Ecopetrol have entered into a strategic alliance to install an electronic-sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) production plant at the Cartagena Refinery, operated by Reficar, in Colombia. Over the next 24 months, technical feasibility and engineering studies will be carried out for Ecopetrol’s Coral project, which has a projected production capacity...
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