Germany moves e-SAF project into Schwedt refinery as $412 million state backing lands
In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that Germany is making investments in a green hydrogen-based e-SAF project at the PCK Schwedt refinery, handing Enertrag and Zaffra-backed Concrete Chemicals $412.5 million in state support for a plant designed to produce synthetic aviation fuel from renewable hydrogen and captured CO2.
The project had previously been planned near Berlin, but is now set for the industrial park around the PCK refinery near the Polish border. Enertrag says the project will produce 30,000 tons of e-SAF and 7,000 tons of e-naphtha per year, using biogenic CO2 and renewable hydrogen through a power-to-liquid process.
The funding package is split between the federal government and Brandenburg, with $288.7 million coming from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and $124 million from the state. The wider project is valued at about $589.3 million, with final investment decision expected by the end of 2027 and production targeted for 2030.
The developers plan to source CO2 from local paper producer LEIPA, while hydrogen supply is expected to be linked to Germany’s emerging hydrogen infrastructure, including future pipeline connections, according to the report.
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