Large sustainable aviation fuel pilot plant
The plant is commercially viable based on the expected market price of SAF and will be built in Cheshire and integrated with the HyNet carbon capture infrastructure.
Annual production volume
5000 TPA
Waste processed
38k TPA
External energy input
0 mWh
CO2 reduction
57,500 TPA
All statistics are estimates and subject to variation
This commercially viable plant is approximately 7 times smaller than our standard commercial plant design. It also produces about 10,000 tonnes of sustainable gasoline and diesel.
This first of a kind plant leverages the groundbreaking Avioxx process which uniquely introduces electrochemistry at large scale into a more traditional gasification and Fischer-Tropsch fuel production process. The plant will be built in the northwest of the UK which is uniquely positioned due to the HyNet carbon capture infrastructure that allows for cost effective disposal of CO2.
Due to the waste feedstock not being incinerated this large demonstration plant avoids around 57,500 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere per year. Because electricity is generated within the process it reduces the cost of the fuel. We aim for the fuel to be produced at the same price as fossil based Jet A1 when operating at scale. The smaller pilot plant is viable due to the UK government SAF mandate driving the cost of the fuel.
The plant boasts around a 9mW electrochemistry component which is used to generate additional hydrogen thus optimising the gas ratios for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. The revolutionary design has very low production of harmful emissions or byproducts.
Waste sorting and Fischer-Tropsch reactor
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and gas cleanup
Full aerial view of the large pilot plant
9Mw of Solid Oxide Fuel cells
