{"id":137751,"date":"2024-01-24T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=137751"},"modified":"2024-01-17T11:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:28:01","slug":"making-saf-from-sewage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/making-saf-from-sewage\/","title":{"rendered":"Making SAF from sewage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Firefly Green Fuels\u00a0is looking to cut aviation\u2019s carbon footprint and transform the way the world\u2019s airlines are powered through an innovative method: Sewage.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking sewage sludge from water utilities, Firefly puts it into a high pressure reactor to separate it into two useful materials: Biochar, a fertiliser for the agriculture industry, and bio-crude, which can be refined into jet fuel.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0\u201cFirefly\u2019s route to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is unique in that it uses a completely biogenic and otherwise problematic material as a feedstock \u2013 sewage,\u201d James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO<\/strong>, said. \u201cThis cheap and abundant feedstock will never run out and the SAF we can produce with it is almost identical to fossil jet fuel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSewage is interesting to work with. At the moment the only other disposal route in the UK is through agricultural spreading, a practice which will likely be outlawed as soon as a better route is secured,\u201d he added. \u201cOur process gives this waste a new purpose, creating SAF whilst supporting biodiversity in ecosystems currently plagued by agricultural runoff.\u201c <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Multiple approaches <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the approved SAF routes cannot cover the necessary demand in the aviation industry, requiring more solutions to be developed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe really do need every different route to SAF to work out if we want to meet ambitious global targets,\u201d Hygate<\/strong> said. \u201cThat means that more support is needed from governments and other technologies need to also be developed alongside SAF. We really don\u2019t have much time to make these changes if we want to make a significant impact on climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that every route to SAF is incredibly innovative and will be an important part of the puzzle moving forward, but our SAF made from sewage is an incredibly effective and green solution that promises to be very cost-effective too,\u201d Hygate<\/strong> continued. \u201cWhen looking exclusively at biogenic wastes, the Firefly route shows potential to be the largest single source of SAF globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Power of partnerships<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wizz Air has been a supportive partner of Firely, signing a significant offtake agreement with them earlier this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re hopeful that other airlines will see the potential in our solution and also reach out for partnership in the near future,\u201d Hygate<\/strong> explained. \u201cAdditionally, we have worked very closely with key figures across the aviation and water industries to date, who have all been extremely supportive for our solution which they recognise to be a real game-changer.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Recently Firefly has been in conversations with officials in a major metropolitan area who believe that, through the sewage-to-SAF process, they could power up to 80% of flights from their international airport using SAF alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPeople around the world are waking up to the fact that SAF is about to become a huge market disruptor in the fuel industry and we\u2019re starting to see airlines and governments more vigorously back SAF producers,\u201d Hygate<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSAF really is the future of air travel, it\u2019s not just a pie in the sky idea and its production will only continue to gather pace,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Path forward <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Firefly is working at pace towards the realisation of a first-of-a-kind plant in the UK within this decade. However, that\u2019s just the start. As the feedstock is globally relevant, they plan to roll this technology out around the world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWith the quantity of sewage produced globally there is the potential to provide a significant proportion of the global SAF demand in the coming decades,\u201d Hygate<\/strong> explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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