OXCCU announce sustainable aviation fuel project at Saltend – px Group

px Group has announced that OXCCU will develop a First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) demonstration plant at its Saltend Chemicals Park in the Humber

The climate-tech spin-out from the University of Oxford has demonstrated the world’s first direct carbon dioxide (CO₂) hydrogenation process, turning CO₂  directly into aviation fuel range hydrocarbons, also known as SAF, with minimal oxygenate byproducts.

The project presents a novel approach to SAF production simplifying a multi-step process to a single step.

OXCCU will now build a First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) demonstration plant at Saltend Chemicals Park, which will be fed by biogenic carbon dioxide, and green hydrogen. The plant is expected to produce 160 kilos (200 litres) of liquid fuel per day, of which the majority will be SAF. The approach directly aligns with the Advanced Fuel Fund’s objective to use carbon dioxide as a carbon source for SAF production due to feedstock concerns at scale with the other biofuel SAF routes.

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