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“SAF supply will need to increase significantly if carbon emissions reduction targets are to be met, with around 480 billion litres of SAF capacity required each year by 2050. Innovative technology is needed to deliver it quickly, affordably, and at scale. At Metafuels, we are making this happen.”
How we are Making it Happen
“We are developing proprietary technology and projects that will deliver sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) affordably, efficiently and at scale. This will help the aviation industry to meet its carbon reduction targets, while continuing to grow and contributing to the global economy.”
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IconMetafuels’ Pioneer Projects: Scaling up
Following successful pilot plant trials, we are now scaling up ‘aerobrew’, our SAF production technology, starting with our Pioneer Projects. By the mid-2030s, we expect to reach plant capacities of 1,000 tons of production per day.
Each of these aerobrew SAF plants can process bio-methanol or e-methanol interchangeably, meaning plant owners can produce bio-SAF or e-SAF, or both simultaneously, in response to market signals.
Explore our Pioneer Projects below.
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Project Turbe: Port of Rotterdam
We are developing a large scale SAF production facility in the Port of Rotterdam.
The first phase will see 10 tons per day produced at the site in 2028 in a first Pioneer project. This will be followed by a 100 tons per day production plant in operation by 2031.
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Project Pizol: Denmark
Our Pioneer Project in Denmark is being developed alongside one of European Energy’s sustainable methanol projects, with a view to being operational in 2029 and producing 10 tons per day of aerobrew.
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Project Scaletta
We’re developing our largest project to date in Spain. On completion (circa 2032) we’ll be able to produce 100 tons per day of SAF.
Finding the ‘missing piece’ at our Pilot Plant
There are four key steps to the methanol-to-jet process. The key to breakthrough performance lay in the second step – Olefins Oligomerisation (OO).
Working with the scientists at the world-renowned Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland, we invented a new catalytic system using new and innovative nanomaterials with unique chemical properties that favour the production of SAF over unwanted by-products with ultra-high selectivity.
We have successfully demonstrated our OO technology at our Pilot Plant meeting our ultra-high selectivity KPI. In doing so we have delivered the ‘missing piece’ of the methanol-to-jet puzzle and produced our first SAF product – aerobrew.
The success of our Pilot Plant, including meeting our KPIs is a significant step in derisking the aerobrew technology.
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IconOngoing activities at our Demonstration Plant
Located on site at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland our ‘tank-to-tank’ aerobrew demonstration plant encompasses the same methanol-to-jet plant design and configuration that will be used in commercial projects, including our Pioneer and scale-up projects.
This facility, operating from mid-2025, provides valuable information for optimisation of design and operation of our first production projects, whilst also serving as a test platform for new generations of catalysts as part of a programme of continuous improvement.
It also provides an ideal facility for training operators in readiness for commercial plant operations.
If you would like to know more, please contact us and discover how you can start your journey towards a sustainable future with Metafuels and our aerobrew technology.
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