Saltend Chemicals Park to get sustainable aviation fuel demonstrator plant
A sustainable aviation fuel demonstration plant is set to take shape at Saltend Chemicals Park thanks to a deal university spin-out OXCCU.
The Oxford-based firm, which is backed by the likes of United Airlines and Trafigura, is developing a process to turn carbon dioxide and hydrogen into hydrocarbons for use in fuels, plastics and chemicals. Following an agreement with Saltend owner px Group, OXCCU will set up a plant that is expected to produce 200 litres of liquid fuel per day, the majority of which will be sustainable aviation fuel.
It is being described as the first of its kind plant and will use the hydrogenation process which is fed by green hydrogen and biogenic carbon dioxide - that is CO2 produced by living organisms. The method is said to reduce a multi-stage process into a single step.
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