MAIRE awarded feasibility study for SAF plant in Indonesia

NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) awarded a feasibility study for a SAF project in Indonesia to deploy its NX PTU™ and NX SAF™ Bio technologies.

Italian technology and engineering group MAIRE announced that its subsidiary NEXTCHEM has been awarded to carry out a feasibility study along with PT Tripatra Engineers and Constructors for a SAF project in Sei Mangkei, Indonesia.

The agreement includes the joint development of a small-scale modular SAF plant.

The facility will be fed by regionally sourced feedstock, such as used cooking oil and palm oil mill effluent, with a production capacity of 60,000 tons per year.

“This agreement is a testament of our commitment to leading the energy transition with state-of-the-art technologies and end-to-end solutions. MAIRE is effectively able to decarbonize high-impact sectors such as aviation by leveraging on its integrated approach ranging from project development to full execution capabilities,” said Alessandro Bernini, CEO, MAIRE.

The company said the collaboration envisages a feasibility study to evaluate the optimal design and configuration for the plant, based on NEXTCHEM’s proprietary technologies.

Earlier in June, NEXTCHEM was awarded contract by DG Fuels Louisiana to supply technology for their SAF plant in Louisiana, USA.

In addition, the company’s subsidiary Kinetics Technology (KT) was also selected for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Holbron Europa Raffinerie to develop hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) complex inside the existing Holborn refinery in Hamburg, Germany to produce renewable diesel (RD) and SAF.