Farnborough Airport signs deal with Hydrogen Refinery

Farnborough Airport is already a single-site supplier of SAF to the business aviation community, having sold over 2 million litres of 38% blended SAF since 2021.

The UK and the EU have legislation-backed mandates on both the amount of SAF that must be used from January 2025 and also the way that SAF must be produced in the future. This is to ensure advanced fuels can be developed over time to support the required growth in SAF production without incentivising farmers to switch from growing food to growing SAF feedstocks. SAF is almost entirely produced from waste cooking oil or hydro processed esters and fatty acids (HEFA), however Hydrogen Refinery’s technology is able to produce carbon negative SAF from a variety of mixed waste products, sourced locally or from landfill sites.

Simon Geere, CEO at Farnborough Airport, commented: “We are delighted to be forging this alliance with e-fuels developer Hydrogen Refinery. Their patented technology has the potential to provide Farnborough Airport with enough proprietary supplies of SAF for us to offer fuel with a 20% blend across its entire supply by 2028, ahead of the UK Government’s target of 10% by 2030. The transition to new fuelling technologies like this requires markets like ours which are able to sustain the higher upfront investment costs necessary for development.”

Stephen Voller, CEO at Hydrogen Refinery, added: “Hydrogen Refinery offers a process called the plasma electrolyser system (PES) that can process mixed waste, including airline passenger food waste, into SAF. This is not only a low-cost process but is also carbon negative because the waste is processed without the emissions from incineration or landfill. We are excited to be working with Farnborough Airport to make their vision of sustainability a reality.”

Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/27032025/farnborough-airport-signs-deal-with-hydrogen-refinery/