Malaysia’s FatHopes teams up with Topsoe for SAF

Malaysian biofuel feedstock firm FatHopes Energy announced it has partnered with leading carbon reductions technology company Topsoe to explore the potential for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production refinery in Malaysia.

The two firms will collaborate on developing a feasibility study to evaluate Malaysia’s suitability to host a SAF refinery.

The company said it is “proud to join forces with Topsoe to drive the development of a SAF refinery in Malaysia. This partnership will leverage waste-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil and cutting-edge HydroFlex® technology to help decarbonise the aviation industry at scale.”

“We have been on a mission to aggregate and convert as many waste streams as possible to decarbonise industries at scale. This partnership takes us one step closer to that goal,” said Vinesh Sinha, CEO of FatHopes.

FatHopes has a very well-established network of used cooking oil (UCO), Palm oil mill effluent (POME) oil, empty fruit bunch (EFB) oil, spent bleaching earth oil (SBE Oil) and palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) collection.

Once collected, the company processes these at their depots across Southeast Asia and subsequently exported to European countries to produce renewable diesel.