Emerging Fuels, SAFasia team up on multiple SAF projects in Philippines

SAF for the Philippines

Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology company for producing sustainable drop-in fuels Emerging Fuels Technology has entered into an agreement with Project developer SAFasia (SAFA) to develop multiple sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facilities in the Philippines.

These projects will utilise biogas produced from agricultural waste as feedstock and incorporate e-Reformer developed by the German company Caphenia.

Caphenia’s Plasma-Boudouard Reactor technology converts both methane and CO2 in biogas into synthesis gas (syngas). EFT’s Technology Platform then converts this syngas into SAF. Last year in May, Caphenia and Emerging Fuels Technology agreed to integrate their technologies for the production of SAF and renewable diesel.

“This agreement represents a significant opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of the combination of Caphenia’s technology with EFT’s technology to create a very competitive SAF capability in a modular format that is easily repeated,” said Mark Agee, vice president, business development, EFT.

The companies expect the technologies to serve as the foundation for a series of SAF production plants that SAFA is planning to deploy across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

The MOU also outlines the intent to establish a comprehensive MLA, covering a wide range of activities including process integration studies, feasibility assessments and pilot testing at EFT’s research and pilot facilities in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

“We are very pleased to formalize our collaboration with Emerging Fuels Technology, integrating their expertise alongside Caphenia’s state-of-the-art reformer system into our projects,” said Ditmar Gorges, managing director of SAFasia.

“This MOU represents a significant step forward in advancing cost-effective and carbon-efficient SAF production in the Philippines, laying the groundwork for a transformative approach to sustainable fuel development.”