- German Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, has announced a €15 million subsidy for chemicals company Linde in support of the HySHiFT pilot renewable hydrogen project next to Sasol’s Petrochemical plant in Secunda, South Africa.
The HyshiFT Consortium is a global collective of companies working together to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel, known as E-Kerosene. The four stakeholders – Linde, Sasol, Enertrag, and Hydregen – are all part of the same story, which is a collaboration to create and use green hydrogen for the production of aviation (jet) fuel. Each company contributes their own expertise within the renewable sector: Enertrag produces renewable power from wind and solar resources, Linde produces green hydrogen and Sasol converts these two inputs into green aviation fuel through its FT reactor.
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Sasol’s Synfuels plant in Secunda, South Africa, is reportedly the largest single-source point of emissions on the planet. Image credit: Sasol
The type of sustainable aviation fuel that the Consortium will produce is known as PTL- Kerosene. This fuel aims in future to provide the aviation industry with a more sustainable fuel source. The aviation industry – especially long-haul flights – do not currently have feasible carbon neutral energy solutions and producing a sustainable liquid fuel (PtL Kerosene) is therefore the only currently feasible approach. HyshiFT’s target is to produce 50,000 tons/day of PtL Kerosene, which could fuel 2 flights between Germany and South Africa per day.
The HySHiFT partners want to construct a 200 MW electrolyser and 450 MW of renewable electricity. A 40 MW electrolyser is planned for the project’s first phase, which will be supported by BMWK finance.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal