Sheffield leading £1.5 million project to accelerate Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Bringing greener flights closer to reality, a UK government funded initiative aims to commercialise Sheffield’s innovative Power-to-Liquid (PtL) pathway by using renewable energy and carbon capture technology to produce cleaner aviation fuel.
The project, named NextGen-SAF, will establish a world-first demonstration plant. By combining a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) and an Advanced Fischer-Tropsch (AFT) reactor, the setup will generate hydrogen and capture CO2, creating synthetic hydrocarbons. This scalable process could enable cost-competitive Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) while decarbonising industrial processes.
Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian, Managing Director of Sheffield’s Energy Innovation Centre said:
“At Sheffield we have some of the most advanced SAF research facilities in Europe and are excited to work with industry partners to help them test and develop new fuels and next generation clean energy technologies.”
