A consortium of research institutes and industrial partners, under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, is re-searching the development of an innovative process: A sustainable synthetic liquid fuel (Sustainable Aviation Fuel, SAF) is to completely replace fossil jet fuel in the future.

Poroject Lead: Fraunhofer ISE

Region: Europe

Country: Germany

City/Town: Freiburg

Timeline Start - End: 2022-12-01 - 2028-11-30

Project Status: Ongoing

Project Budget: 15000000.0 €

Funding source: 100% BMDV

Website: https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/press-releases/2023/development-of-a-pilot-plant-for-the-production-of-sustainable-synthetic-aviation-fuels-based-on-methanol.html

News Highlights:

- https://www.enargus.de/search/?q=01250186%2F1

Activities:

- CCU

CCU Tecnology Category: Utilization

Info On Utilization:

- Catalytic conversion

Facility stage: Planning

End TRL: 6

CO2 capture/Utilization:

Production Volume:

Product Categories:

- Fuels

Specific Product(s): SAF, aviation fuel (methanol route)