Syntholene secures resource for geothermal eSAF demo facility

Chicago-based clean fuel synthesis company Syntholene Energy said it has secured a dedicated geothermal energy resource to deploy geothermally-powered synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) plant module.

“This energy agreement represents the seeds of a transformative moment for synthetic fuel cost and scalability,” said Dan Sutton, CEO of Syntholene. “By integrating proven processes with a dedicated geothermal resource, we aim to deliver high-performance, low-cost, and carbon-neutral eSAF that can bankably scale to meet the global demand for clean aviation fuel.”

Syntholene combines geothermal heat and electricity to enable energy efficiency for high temperature steam electrolysis. The company aims to overhaul the economics of power-to-fuels technology.

The company has signed a binding agreement for up to 20 megawatts of electrical energy. With the processes already demonstrated at lab-scale, the energy delivered will be used to power a commercial-demonstration-scale geothermal-powered synthetic fuel production facility.

The first target fuel output is synthetic kerosene, earmarked to fill the growing demand for eSAF clean aviation fuel.