Honeywell unveils technology to produce lower-carbon sustainable aviation fuel
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Honeywell (NASDAQ:HON) introduced a new technology Wednesday to produce low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide captured from industry.
Honeywell's (HON) UOP eFining is a methanol to jet fuel processing technology that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 88% compared to conventional jet fuel, the company said.
Sustainable aviation fuel is typically made using biomass-based feedstocks such as soybean oil and used cooking oil, but Honeywell's (HON) said its new technology would combine green hydrogen produced in electrolyzers from renewable energy and water with carbon dioxide siphoned off from industry to create lower-carbon methanol, which can then be converted to a wide range of sustainable fuels including SAF.
The company said HIF Global, a leading eFuels company, is the first customer to sign a commercial agreement for the production of low-carbon SAF using Honeywell's (HON) UOP eFining technology.
HIF plans to deploy the technology at its second commercial-scale eFuels facility in the U.S., with potential capacity to decarbonize more than 12B air passenger miles/year.
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