In the UK, Regional Gateway reported that London Oxford Airport based OXCCU has won a government grant of $3.5 million in collaboration with the University of Sheffield Translational Energy Research Center (TERC) and Coryton, which will be used to scale sustainable aviation fuel production.
The capital will be used to demonstrate the world’s first direct carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation process, turning CO2 into SAF.
The reactor will be located at the TERC and fed with biogenic CO2 captured from biomass combustion and H2 produced on site from electrolysis using green electricity. The fuel is then blended via Coryton to produce a fuel of Jet A-1 specification.
“We’re proud to be part of the UK’s journey to cement itself as a leader in clean aviation and to help scale world-first technologies in SAF,” said OXCCU CEO Andrew Symes. “This new investment will be a welcome contribution to our efforts to help the industry meet the high targets it has set.”
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