Chinese state-owned conglomerate Sinopec Engineering Group will conduct front-end engineering design (FEED) for Allied Biofuels’ 400,000 tonne-per-year green hydrogen-based fuels plant in Khorezm, Uzbekistan.
Approved by the country’s government in April, the $6bn project plans to install 4.45GW of renewables, 1.6GW of battery energy storage, and 2.4GW of Plug Power electrolysers.
It targets an output of 417,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and e-SAF, as well as 5,000 tonnes of green diesel, using feedstock of biogenic captured carbon dioxide, and almost 6,000 tonnes per day of biomass.
Sinopec, which has allocated $690m into early-stage hydrogen investments and launched a 20,000-tonne green hydrogen plant in Xinjiang, China, in 2023, will also oversee engineering, systems integration, and open-book cost development.
While a timeline for the project has not been explicitly revealed, Uzbekistan’s main airport operator has already lined up potential SAF offtake beginning in 2030. UAE state-owned oil and gas firm ENOC is also exploring importing volumes from the project.
Alfred Benedict, Managing Director of Allied Biofuels, said that Sinopec will help “strengthen the project’s delivery pathway,” calling the plant “one of Central Asia’s most important clean fuels infrastructure developments.”
If developed, it would mark a huge step for a country with just 20MW of installed electrolyser capacity – built by Chinese engineering firm PowerChina.
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