HySkies: Fossil-Free Aviation Fuel Receives EU Support

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January 26, 2023

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(Vattenfall/CISION) Vattenfall, Shell, LanzaTech and SAS run the HySkies project with the goal of starting the world’s first large-scale production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Sweden in 2027. The EU’s innovation fund is now supporting the project with roughly EUR 80 million. A possible investment decision is made later.

Synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), or electrofuel, is produced with fossil-free electricity and in this case captured carbon dioxide from district heating production instead of using fossil fuels in production. The goal is for a new production facility near Forsmark to produce up to 90,000 tons of fuel, of which the largest proportion is SAF.

At full production, the plant could supply SAS with at least 25 percent of the company’s global need for sustainable aviation fuel in 2030. In-depth analyzes are now underway to investigate the conditions for the project.

– It is very positive that the EU assesses that the project is eligible for support of close to one billion kroner. Provided that an investment decision is made, the aid will be paid out in stages as the project is realized. It gives the industry confidence to move forward on a new path with a new technology that completely opts out of fossil raw materials and at the same time greatly reduces emissions from air transport. The support’s share of the expected project cost is around 10 percent, says Per Sundell, business developer industrial collaborations, Vattenfall.

Facts:

The support goes to Shell, LanzaTech and Vattenfall. SAS participates as a potential buyer of the fuel. The parties signed a letter of intent in 2021.
Electrofuel is a variant of sustainable aviation fuel, SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel).
In the production of HySkie’s electrofuel, only fossil-free electricity from the Swedish electricity grid, recycled carbon dioxide and water are used instead of fossil raw materials as in the production of conventional fuels.
Carbon dioxide from district heating plants is captured instead of released and can then be used to produce electrofuel, SAF. When the aircraft engines burn the electrofuel, the captured carbon dioxide is released back into the atmosphere after being used a second time. The point is that no new carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere as no new fossil raw material is used. READ MORE

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