Alby PtX Selects Topsoe and Sasol as Technology Licensors for 66,000 tpy e-SAF Plant in Sweden

Alby PtX has selected Topsoe and Sasol as technology licensors for its planned synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) plant in Alby, Sweden, which is designed to produce approximately 66,000 tonnes per year of e-SAF. Topsoe and Sasol have signed a license and engineering agreement with Alby PtX covering the facility.

Under the agreement, the two companies will provide their integrated gas-to-liquid technology, G2L, which combines Topsoe's eREACT and hydroprocessing technologies with Sasol's LTFT (low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch) technology. The eREACT technology will enable synthetic gas production, while the hydroprocessing technology, together with LTFT, will upgrade the synthetic hydrocarbons into aviation fuel. The facility will convert renewable hydrogen and captured carbon into sustainable aviation fuel, and the e-SAF is intended for the EU and UK markets.

Topsoe and Sasol will license the technology and provide the licensor package, technical expertise and capabilities. Their engineering packages will provide the technical basis for the next phase of development, supporting progress towards a final investment decision. The agreement follows Topsoe's and Sasol's recent joint agreements with HDF Energy, Bharat Petroleum and Allied Biofuels.

Yassir Ghiyati, Chief Commercial Officer at Topsoe, said scaling e-SAF production is an important step towards strengthening Europe's energy resilience and fuel supplies and decarbonising aviation. Sarushen Pillay, Executive Vice President for Business Building, Strategy and Technology at Sasol, said Sasol is bringing decades of Fischer-Tropsch experience to the project. Andreas Schmid, Chairman of the Board at Alby PtX and Executive Director at Prime Capital AG, said the combination puts technology proven over decades to work in a new application.