In the UK, the Chemical Engineer reported that University of Oxford spinout OXCCU has selected px Group’s Saltend Chemicals Park in East Yorkshire, UK as the site of its sustainable aviation fuel demonstration plant. The report noted that the plant will run on green hydrogen and biogenic CO2, which involves the combustion of biogas collected from waste. It is expected to produce 200 L/d of liquid fuel, with the majority being SAF. OXCCU was one of several winners in window two of the UK government’s $170 million Advance Fuels Fund competition. The company, which began its research into sustainable fuel and chemicals at Oxford in 2010, has pioneered a direct CO2 hydrogenation process that can turn CO2 directly into SAF with minimal oxygenate byproducts, the report stated. px Group said it will provide the design and construction of the plant’s support facilities and operate and maintain the facility when it is up and running, it added.
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