Neste begins SAF production at Rotterdam

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer Neste said it has begun producing renewable products at the Rotterdam refinery.

Neste modified its Rotterdam site to produce up to 500,000 tons of SAF per annum increasing the company’s global SAF production capability to 1.5m tons (around 1.875 billion liters) per annum.

“Our SAF production capability, now also in Rotterdam, enables us to significantly contribute to the implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation and similar SAF mandates,” said Heikki Malinen, president and CEO of Neste.

“Policies like these are crucial to ramping-up SAF production and usage, and we need to keep our ambitions and targets high. At the same time it requires support and close cooperation across the whole aviation ecosystem to accelerate the energy transition and related emission reductions.”

In addition, Neste said that it will continue to invest in renewable fuels production capacity through its strategic growth investment project in Rotterdam which will more than double the company’s production capacity at the Rotterdam refinery to 2.7m tons of renewable products annually.

This expansion, scheduled to be completed in 2027, will increase Neste’s total global annual renewable fuels production capacity to 6.8m tons with total annual SAF production capability accounting for 2.2m tons.

In addition to the Rotterdam refinery, Neste has SAF production capabilities at its refineries in Singapore and Porvoo, Finland.