Syzygy Plasmonics signs multiple agreements to scale its offering
Clockwise from top left: Demonstration plant enabling the project; fuel produced via Fischer-Tropsch and Syzygy technology at RTI; project site in Uruguay; powered-on RigelTM reactor.
Houston-based Syzygy Plasmonics said it has signed agreements with Geo bio gas&carbon, NorthStar Renewable Fuels, Islonias (Biothek) and another producer to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in Brazil, US, Dominican Republic, Spain, Italy, France, Colombia, Chile and Mexico.
“This partnership with Geo, alongside our growing project pipeline across the world, demonstrates that we are laying the groundwork toward becoming a major supplier in the SAF industry,” said Trevor Best, CEO of Syzygy Plasmonics.
“The aviation industry’s path to net-zero depends on our ability to transform diverse, often overlooked feedstocks into high-value fuel at an industrial scale. By partnering with Geo, Islonias, and Northstar, we are demonstrating to the aviation industry that wasted biogas is an abundant, under-utilised resource that can reshape global SAF production.”
The company said that its MoU with Brazil’s sugarcane and ethanol waste to biogas developer and operator Geo bio gas&carbon will help the company develop commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in Brazil.
Syzygy said the collaboration is step forward for its global NovaSAF™ expansion, joining a series of recently inked international agreements aimed at building scalable biogas-to-fuel infrastructure to meet the soaring demand for SAF.
Geo will leverage its expertise in operating biogas assets paired with Syzygy’s GHG e-Reforming technology to convert biogas derived from sugarcane crop residues into SAF and other low-carbon fuels in Brazil. Initial efforts will target sites capable of producing up to 100,000 metric tons per year, with an envisioned final aggregate scale exceeding 525,000 metric tons per year.
The MOU establishes a portfolio-style development approach through which the companies will work together to identify biogas sites and develop multiple commercial scale SAF plants from Geo’s extensive network of existing and planned facilities across Brazil.
In a separate agreement, Syzygy signed an MOU with NorthStar Renewable Fuels to enable production of up to 25m gallons per year of SAF (approx. 75,000 metric tons per year) and includes a non‑exclusive licensing structure designed for rapid, scalable deployment throughout North America.
Syzygy said it also cooperating with Islonias (Biothek) to pursue a flagship 30,000 metric tons per year SAF project in the Dominican Republic, with a collective ambition to achieve an aggregate 300,000 metric ton per year with future expansions into Spain, Italy, France, Colombia and Chile.
In Mexico, the company said it is patterning with a local SAF producer to explore a landfill waste project in North-east Mexico that could lead to a portfolio of projects with aggregate capacity of up to 100,000 tons per year.
Syzygy said the agreements establish a clear pathway for commercialisation by building a diverse, international pipeline of projects.