In South Africa, Daily Maverick reported that local company Sasol is planning to produce up to 650,000 tons of “green” jet fuel annually at its Secunda and Sasolburg synfuel refineries. The company has confirmed plans to start producing large volumes of SAF by using new solar and wind farms in South Africa to process hydrogen and recycled carbon at one or both of its existing synfuel refineries in Mpumalanga and the Free State. Subject to regulatory approvals in the European Union, the company was confident that it could start producing significant quantities of hydrogen-based SAF for the global market possibly within two or three years, according to the report. As part of its drive to produce SAF for the global market, Sasol signed a joint venture agreement with the Danish-based Topsoe technology group last year, the report added.
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