Syzygy achieves breakthrough in SAF production

Syzygy Plasmonics said it has achieved a critical breakthrough in low-cost, high-yield sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production after completing testing of its all-electric GHG e-Reforming demonstration unit in Houston, Texas.

Syzygy said that current approaches to SAF require expensive credits or a high price to cover production costs, however, with the company’s novel approach of using inexpensive biogas that would otherwise be flared or sold at commodity prices, it would be possible to produce low-cost SAF.

The company said it’s approach monetises stranded, valuable feedstock assets, fulfilling critical demand for low carbon aviation fuels. Biogas projects require expensive technologies to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) via CO2 separation. Syzygy’s approach uses biogas directly from an anaerobic digester or landfills with minimal preparation to produce syngas for SAF or other industry standard renewable transportation fuels.

“Syzygy’s groundbreaking biogas-to-SAF technology is reshaping sustainable aviation fuel production. This demonstration plant achieves Syzygy’s first major step in our mission to expand SAF production and transform energy.  We will build on this milestone by continuing to enhance performance in Houston while developing biogas to SAF projects built around our technology globally,” said Trevor Best, chief executive officer of Syzygy Plasmonics.

Syzygy’s revolutionary biogas-to-SAF method is unlocking new possibilities.

Its modular design monetises valuable biogas sources from dairy farms, landfills, and wastewater sites into valuable biogas sources, without the need for pipelines or costly infrastructure.