A 66,000-tonne green hydrogen-based sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) project in Sweden has entered front-end engineering (FEED) as it targets production in 2031.
Spanish engineering firm Técnicas Reunidas (TR) was selected to undertake FEED on the Alby PtX project, which co-owners Prime Capital and Norsk e-Fuel claim has the capacity to fuel around three-quarters of Sweden’s domestic flights.
TR will be responsible for establishing Alby’s “engineering foundation,” with a subsequent engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract lined up come FEED completion.
EPC would see TR install e-SAF technologies across the production chain, which will be supplied by yet unnamed “leading licensors.”
Beyond this contract, the firm has been involved in FEED studies at ACWA Power’s 4.4GW green hydrogen plant in Saudi Arabia and a 250MW green hydrogen-based e-natural gas facility in Nebraska, US.
The Alby project comes among a tranche of e-SAF projects across Europe targeting anticipated demand driven by the EU’s RefuelEU Aviation regulations.
Under this, fuel suppliers are blending increasing amounts of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with conventional jet kerosene.
The policy features a sub-mandate beginning in 2030 and requiring hydrogen-based e-SAF to comprise an average portion of 1.2% of SAF used at EU airports. This share increases to 35% by 2050.
Norsk e-Fuel is also advancing four separate e-fuel projects across the Nordics, the most developed being Project Mosjøen in Nesbruket, Norway.
This will produce 50 million litres of e-crude annually, with the majority set for upgrading into SAF.
