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Acelen Renewables selects Honeywell for Sustainable Aviation Gasoline and renewable diesel gas manufacturing.
Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) introduced that Acelen Renewables has chosen its Ecofining™ expertise to assist help the environment friendly manufacturing of a focused 20,000 barrels per day of sustainable aviation gas (SAF) and renewable diesel. The fuels shall be processed at Acelen’s facility in Bahia, Brazil, from a mix of inedible seed and waste oils. With this settlement, Acelen Renewables turns into the fiftieth website to license Honeywell’s renewable fuels expertise.
Honeywell’s Ecofining course of, which was developed in collaboration with Eni SpA, gives a capital- and cost-effective answer for processing waste fat, oils and greases into renewable diesel and SAF. Blended with typical jet gas, the usage of SAF can cut back greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions by as much as 80% in comparison with typical fossil fuels.1
Ecofining has been in use since 2013 for renewable diesel and 2016 for SAF manufacturing, making it a confirmed instrument for serving to to cut back carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, notably in air journey.
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Over the previous two years, Honeywell has seen quickly growing demand for renewable fuels applied sciences, together with Ecofining. This progress tracks with worldwide decarbonization efforts—particularly in air journey. Initiatives just like the SAF Grand Problem and SAF tax credit score within the U.S. Inflation Discount Act in addition to the European Council’s ‘Match for 55’ bundle have set in movement key drivers to broaden SAF manufacturing, accelerating the vitality transition and aviation’s journey to net-zero emissions.
Ken West, president and CEO of Honeywell Power and Sustainability Options stated:
The dramatic progress in demand for renewable fuels expertise illustrates that gas producers are accelerating adoption of options to assist meet bold decarbonization targets.
“Our fiftieth license is testomony to Honeywell’s management in renewable fuels. The milestone follows back-to-back years of answer launches that harness ethanol and e-methanol—to spherical out one of many largest ranges of feedstock processing applied sciences available on the market.”
Acelen Renewables joins a roster of corporations all over the world at the moment licensing Honeywell’s renewable fuels expertise, together with BP, CVR Power, Diamond Inexperienced Diesel, Eni, Repsol, Complete Energies, and World Power. Of the 50 licenses, eight amenities are already in operation and greater than 40 licensed vegetation are slated to be operational by 2030. The mixed renewable fuels capability of those vegetation when functioning to peak effectivity will exceed 500,000 barrels per day.
Marcelo Cordaro, COO of Acelen Renewables stated:
The addition of Honeywell’s Ecofining course of is important for us to fulfill our purpose of manufacturing one billion liters of Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Kerosene (SAF) per 12 months from 2026 onwards, which can make our firm one of many largest biofuel producers on the planet.
“By our “totally sustainable” mission: economically, socially and environmentally accountable, we’ll present the world Brazil’s full capability to supply the gas of the longer term.”
About HoneywellHoneywell is an built-in working firm serving a broad vary of industries and geographies all over the world. Our enterprise is aligned with three highly effective megatrends – automation, the way forward for aviation and vitality transition – underpinned by our Honeywell Accelerator working system and Honeywell Related Enterprise built-in software program platform.
As a trusted associate, we assist organizations clear up the world’s hardest, most advanced challenges, offering actionable options and improvements by our Aerospace Applied sciences, Industrial Automation, Constructing Automation and Power and Sustainability Options enterprise segments that assist make the world smarter, safer and extra sustainable. For extra information and data on Honeywell, please go to www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
About Acelen RenewablesAcelen Renewables is a renewable vitality firm owned by Mubadala Capital, a world asset administration firm based mostly in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It was created to actively take part within the international vitality transition. Study extra at acelenrenewables.com
Acelen Renewables Selects Honeywell for SAF and Renewable Diesel Gasoline Manufacturing, January 24, 2024