Axens launches SAF production unit in France
In France, Axens announced the launch of the ERA project (Ethanol to Refuel Aviation), France’s first industrial-scale SAF production unit based on advanced bioethanol.
With a planned capacity of 50,000 tons per year, the facility—currently in the process of site selection in France—is expected to start operations in 2030.
The ERA project further strengthens Axens’ industrial commitment to the transition toward low-carbon mobility, alongside the NACRE project (an advanced bioethanol production facility at the Lacq site, which has obtained its construction permit) and the MACARON project (a battery materials production facility in Valenciennes, for which a construction permit application has recently been submitted).
Currently in the engineering phase, the project will be carried out by a dedicated project company named SAFIRIS and is targeted to begin production in 2030.
Category: SAF
