Toyo to participate in a study for the establishment of a commercial-scale SAF biorefinery in Japan
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Toyo Engineering Corporation together with JERA Co., Inc., Mitsubishi Power, Ltd., and ITOCHU Corporation have launched a study to establish a commercial-scale production technology of SAF (Sustainable Avianton Fuel) and create a supply chain of SAF in Japan integrating technologies of gasification and FT synthesis.
Press release Toyo: “TOYO to participate in a joint study for the establishment of a commercial-scale SAF production technology and the creation of a supply chain”, 31/08/2021.
Press release Velocys: “Velocys collaboration with Toyo advances to commercial stage”, 31/08/2021.
Related post: “Velocys secures order for a biojet fuel demo plant in Japan”, 24/09/2019.
Figure 1. Toyo to participate in a study for the establishment of a commercial-scale SAF biorefinery in Japan
The entire project period is about 4 years (2021-2024). The consortium will study how to materialize SAF production business and evaluate its business feasibility for approximately 2 years from 2021. Based on the results, it will be decided to transfer to the implementation phase from 2023.
The main roles of each consortium member are the following:
- [Toyo] Basic design of commercial-scale FT synthesis (including distillation) facility.
- [JERA] Study of commercial-scale, applicable law and regulations, feedstock procurement, mixing method of neat SAF and petroleum-derived jet fuel, SAF market research, business feasibility.
- [Mitsubishi Power] Basic design of commercial-scale gasification facility.
- [ITOCHU] Research into supply logistics of SAF and by-product, and by-product markets.
TOYO, JERA and Mitsubishi Power have already completed the demonstration of a continuous SAF production using the technologies of gasification and FT synthesis in the NEDO project which was carried out from 2017 to 2021. The produced SAF was supplied to a commercial flight JL515 of Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. on June 17, 2021.
In a separate press release, Velocys has announced that Toyo will evaluate its Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology in the project.