Natural State Renewables partners with Axens for SAF production
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) company Natural State Renewables announced strategic partnership with sustainable technological solutions company Axens for the conversion of biomass to clean fuels.
The sites will tentatively be located in Southern Arkansas and North Louisiana.
“The goal is to establish strategic partnerships in the UK and the U.S., providing airlines with a practical and scalable route to achieving zero emissions. Our collaborative effort with Axens aims to foster reliable and trustworthy solutions for zero-emission aviation,” said Ruben S. Martin III, President and Co-founder of Natural State Renewables.
The two companies alongside their technology partner thyssenkrupp Uhde will use BioTfueL technology to produce SAF made from surplus forest biomass such as pre-commercial thinning and slash.
This process was developed by six companies in the decarbonisation space including Avril, Axens, CEA, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), TotalEnergies, and thyssenkrupp Uhde.
“The partnership and collaboration with Natural State Renewables is a culmination of over 10 years of technology development cooperation between Axens, thyssenkrupp Uhde, and the BioTfueL® partners, and, combined with Natural State Renewables’ uniquely-positioned projects, will provide global SAF consumers with a carbon negative advantaged fuel in their drive to reduce air travel emissions,” said Quentin Debuisschert, CEO of Axens.
Natural State Renewables expects to utilise a combination of feedstock, process configuration, power generation, and capture of facility CO2 emissions to produce SAF with negative GHG emissions.
“Southern Arkansas and North Louisiana will serve as the backbone locations for our SAF production,” said Clay Marbry, senior vice president for Project Development and co-founder of Natural State Renewables.
Earlier in January, Axens announced it has been selected by three project developers to use its Axens Vegan solution for production of renewable fuels including SAF.