New plant to cover 20% of Germany's e-kerosene needs from 2026

PTL Enterprises

23/06/2022 17:02

BERLIN, June 23 (Reuters) - Airbus  AIR.PA , Uniper
 UN01.DE , Siemens Energy  ENR1n.DE  and Sasol  SOLJ.J  said on
Thursday they would produce 10,000 tonnes of e-kerosene each
year in a new production facility scheduled to run from 2026 in
the northern German city of Hamburg.
    E-kerosene, also called synthetic kerosene or
power-to-liquid (PtL), is a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made
from CO2, water and renewably-sourced electricity in a bid to
phase out fossil fuels but it is still made in very small
quantities.
    The amount produced each year in Hamburg would cover 20% of
the German government's target for PtL to make up 0.5% of all
aviation fuels used in the country by 2026, the companies said
in a joint statement at the ILA Berlin Air Show trade fair.
    The plant's capacity would later be expanded, the
international consortium said without providing a specific
timeline.
    The facility would cover all PtL production steps from
renewable energy generation to delivery to the customer, the
companies said.
    

 (Reporting by Zuzanna Szymanska; Editing by Edmund Blair)
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