- Topsoe and Sasol have been selected to provide their G2L™ e-fuels technology for the initial built-up of the German Aerospace Center’s Technology Platform Power-to-Liquid Fuels at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany.
- The JV was first announced in June 2023. Read more
- Once commissioned, expected in Q4 2027, the plant will produce, for research purposes 2500 tons per year of e-fuels mainly sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
- With €130 million of funding secured from the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), the plant will be the largest facility for production of e-fuels for research.
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, and Sasol, a world leader in Fischer-Tropsch technologies and global chemicals & energy company, have been selected to deliver technologies for German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) SAF production demonstration plant.
Sasol and Topsoe will deliver their G2L™ (Gas to Liquid) e-fuels technology, integrating Topsoe’s innovative eREACT™ technology and hydroprocessing technology with Sasol’s LTFT™ (low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch) technology. The demo plant will be part of DLR’s e-fuels Technology Platform Power-to-Liquid Fuels (TPP), and will be located at the Leuna Chemical Complex, Germany.
The TPP facility, which began construction on October 1, 2024, is expected to be the world’s largest research facility for production of e-fuels and the first in which electricity-based fuels can be demonstrated and tested across the entire technology chain. The modular design of the plant allows different processes and technologies to be analyzed. The facility aims to optimize production and properties of e-fuels and further develop technologies for scaling to industrial-scale.
Once commissioned, expected in Q4 2027, the demo plant will produce 2500 tons per year of e-fuels, mainly SAF, using renewable feedstock like biogenic CO2 and green hydrogen. Griesemann Gruppe has been selected as the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor.
What is eREACT™ and G2L™
eREACT™ is a novel technology for production of low-carbon hydrogen and fuels. The heart of the technology is an innovative electrified reactor design, which can convert a variety of feedstocks into low-carbon hydrogen or other chemicals and fuels.
The G2L™ e-fuels process is an end-to-end Single Point Licensing solution enabling the conversion of renewable feedstocks like captured CO2 and hydrogen to e-fuels. It combines and integrates technologies from Topsoe and Sasol to optimize hydrogen utilization, minimize carbon footprint, maximize yields and provide a reliable solution. The process is fully wrapped by Sasol and Topsoe as a Single Point License
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
