- Topsoe and Sasol have signed a technology licensing agreement with Allied Biofuels for a US$6.1 billion sustainable aviation fuel project in Uzbekistan.
- The facility will produce both electro sustainable aviation fuel and bio based sustainable aviation fuel using biomass, green hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
- The project supports growing global demand for sustainable aviation fuel as European regulations require increasing use of low carbon aviation fuels.
Topsoe and Sasol have signed a licensing agreement with Allied Biofuels to provide technology for a large scale electro sustainable aviation fuel and bio based sustainable aviation fuel production facility in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.
Under the agreement, Topsoe and Sasol will provide the core technology licence, engineering design package and technical services for the project’s electro sustainable aviation fuel production pathway.
The facility will combine Topsoe’s SynCOR technology with Sasol’s Fischer Tropsch technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel from a range of feedstocks including biomass, green hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The integrated process is designed to provide operational flexibility while delivering high quality sustainable aviation fuel.
Yassir Ghiyati, Chief Commercial Officer at Topsoe, said the agreement represented the company’s first electro sustainable aviation fuel project in Uzbekistan.
“The Allied Biofuels facility brings together best in class technologies from Topsoe and Sasol to produce sustainable aviation fuel from a variety of feedstocks, enhancing operational resilience. This commercial scale facility will help meet the rapidly growing global demand for aviation fuels. We believe projects like this will play an important role in increasing sustainable aviation fuel production across key markets including Europe and the Middle East.”
The agreements represent a significant technology milestone for Allied Biofuels’ US$6.1 billion integrated clean fuels project in the Khorezm region. The development is expected to become one of Central Asia’s largest sustainable aviation fuel production platforms, combining large scale clean energy integration, advanced fuel conversion technologies and international engineering expertise.
The project is being developed as demand for sustainable aviation fuel continues to increase, supported by tighter regulations and policy incentives. Under the European Union’s ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, fuel suppliers must ensure electro sustainable aviation fuel accounts for 1.2% of aviation fuel supplied at European Union airports by 2030, increasing to 35% by 2050.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
