eSAF is sustainable aviation fuel made by combining recycled carbon dioxide (CO2) with hydrogen produced using renewable electricity. eSAF can be dropped-in to existing jet engines without any modifications required.
Meg Gentle, Executive Director of HIF Global, said, “eFuels are a replacement for fossil fuels and are a necessary solution for decarbonizing global transportation. At HIF Global, we have already demonstrated the capability to produce eMethanol for marine transport and eGasoline for road transport with the 2022 start-up of the HIF Haru Oni Demonstration Facility in southern Patagonia, Chile, where the wind is blowing all the time. Together with Johnson Matthey and Honeywell, we intend to deliver an eFuel solution for airplanes before 2030.”
Renato Pereira, CEO of HIF USA, added, “Air travel is the most challenging sector of the global transportation infrastructure to decarbonize, with limited low carbon alternatives to serve growing demand for jet fuel. The simplicity of eFuels is that they are produced from air and water for use in existing engines. eSAF produced using Honeywell's technology can reduce CO; emissions compared to conventional jet fuel by 88%.? When blended with conventional jet fuel, eSAF can be dropped-in immediately to existing jet engines with no modifications required.”
Johnson Matthey's technology will use green hydrogen and recycled COto produce eMethanol which can be used in the shipping and chemical industries or upgraded into other eFuels including eSAF. Johnson Matthey's technology is producing eMethanol today at the HIF Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in Chile.
The Honeywell UOP eFining™ technology processes eMethanol into a light olefin stream utilizing Honeywell's methanol to olefins process, which is then oligomerized, hydrogenated and finally fractionated to produce eSAF. The technology offers a highly integrated design that can process flexible feedstocks using commercially proven processes, resulting in operational reliability, minimized capital expenditures, and low energy intensity.
Alberto Giovanzana, Chief Commercial Officer of Catalyst Technologies at Johnson Matthey, said: “We are very excited to be collaborating again with HIF, offering JM's CO2-to-methanol technology in this leading eFuels project. JM's sustained innovation on methanol process and catalyst technology is allowing us to move at scale and pace in one of the routes to eSAF that enables the transition to net zero.”
“As the leader in renewable fuel technology, Honeywell is well aware that creating technologies that can use additional feedstocksis vital to long-term decarbonization of the aviation sector,” said Lucian Boldea, president and CEO of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies. “The ability to partner with an industry leader like HIF Global to use readily abundant CO; to produce eSAF is a transformational opportunity for this market.”
About HIF Global
HIF Global is the world's leading eFuels company, developing projects to convert hydrogen using low
cost renewable power into carbon neutral liquid eFuels that can be transported and utilized in existing
infrastructure. The name HIF represents the mission of the company: to provide Highly Innovative Fuels
to make decarbonization of the planet possible. HIF Chile, HIF USA, HIF Asia Pacific, and HIF EMEA are
Wholly owned subsidiaries of HIF Global. HIF Global started producing the first liters of synthetic Fuels
from the Haru Oni Demonstration Facility in Magallanes, Chile in December 2022 and intends to begin
construction of the commercial scale HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility in Texas in 2024. HIF Global's first
Australian development, in Tasmania, was announced in July 2022. For more information, visit
www.hifglobal.com.
About Johnson Matthey
Johnson Matthey is a global leader in sustainable technologies, catalyzing the net zero transition. With
over 200 years of sustained commitment to innovation and technological breakthroughs, we improve
the performance, function and safety of our customers’ products. Our science has a global impactin areas
such as low emission transport, energy, chemical processing and making the most efficient use of the
planet’s natural resources. Today, about 13,000 Johnson Matthey professionals collaborate with our
network of customers and partners to make a real difference to the world around us. For more
information visit www.matthey.com.
About Honeywell
Honeywell delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control
technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help
aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make
our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, visit
https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/news
INFORMACIÓN CAUTELAR SOBRE LAS DECLARACIONES PROSPECTIVAS
La información contenida en este comunicado de prensa incluye diversas afirmaciones que constituyen previsiones en el sentido de la legislación federal estadounidense sobre valores. Todas las afirmaciones que no sean hechos históricos son, o pueden considerarse, afirmaciones prospectivas. Palabras como "puede", "espera", "potencial", "será", "hará" y expresiones similares se utilizan para identificar las declaraciones prospectivas y transmiten la incertidumbre de los acontecimientos o resultados futuros. Las afirmaciones de carácter prospectivo contenidas en este comunicado de prensa se refieren, entre otras cosas, a las expectativas de nuestros planes, estrategias y objetivos, incluidos los relativos al calendario y otros aspectos de las instalaciones de HIF eFuels. Dichas declaraciones se basan en las expectativas y suposiciones actuales de la dirección y están sujetas a riesgos e incertidumbres conocidos y desconocidos que pueden hacer que los resultados o acontecimientos reales difieran materialmente de las expectativas expresadas o implícitas en las declaraciones prospectivas. Entre los factores que podrían provocar que los resultados o acontecimientos reales difieran sustancialmente de los descritos en las declaraciones prospectivas se incluyen (sin limitación): nuestra capacidad para obtener o mantener a tiempo los permisos necesarios para construir y desarrollar las instalaciones de HIF eFuels; nuestra capacidad para ejecutar los objetivos operativos a tiempo y con éxito; la evolución legislativa, política, fiscal y reglamentaria; el resultado de las negociaciones comerciales; nuestra capacidad para obtener financiación; las preferencias o la demanda de los consumidores; y diversos factores económicos, empresariales y competitivos que afectan a nuestro negocio. Todas las declaraciones prospectivas contenidas en este comunicado de prensa están expresamente matizadas en su totalidad por las declaraciones cautelares contenidas o referidas en este párrafo. HIF Global le insta a que revise y considere detenidamente las declaraciones cautelares contenidas en este comunicado de prensa y le advierte de que no debe depositar una confianza indebida en las declaraciones prospectivas, que se refieren únicamente a la fecha de este comunicado de prensa. HIF Global no asume ninguna obligación (y rechaza expresamente cualquier obligación de este tipo) de actualizar las declaraciones prospectivas, ya sea como resultado de nueva información, acontecimientos futuros u otros motivos.
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