OXCCU and px Group announce new SAF project

In the UK, Hydrocarbon Engineering reported that px Group announced that OXCCU will develop a first-of-a-kind demonstration plant at its Saltend Chemicals Park in the Humber, UK, that will convert carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into sustainable aviation fuel. OXCCU is a carbon-to-value company that develops catalysts and processes to convert carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into fuels, chemicals and plastics. The climate-tech spin-out from the University of Oxford has demonstrated what it claims to be the world’s first direct carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation process, turning CO2 directly into SAF, with minimal oxygenate byproducts. The report noted that OXCCU will now build a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) demonstration plant at Saltend Chemicals Park, which will be fed by biogenic CO2, and green hydrogen. The plant is expected to produce 160 kg of liquid fuel per day, of which the majority will be SAF. px Group will provide the engineering design and construction of the Outside Battery Limits (OSBL) support facilities as well as operations and maintenance when the plant is up and running. The plan is for operations to start in 2026. Geoff Holmes, CEO of px Group, said: “We are truly excited to be working with OXCCU on a world’s first project that will shape the long-term sustainability of the UK aviation industry. This groundbreaking project with OXCCU further meets this commitment and demonstrates the confidence in Saltend as a pioneering center for industrial decarbonization projects.”

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