Regulatory News:
Haffner Energy (Paris:ALHAF) launches SAFNOCA, an integrated
solution that unlocks the pathway for the massive production of
competitive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Its patented
technology of renewable synthetic gas production from diversified
biomass and organic waste will play a decisive role in the
decarbonization of aviation. Haffner Energy is in discussions with
leading industry players (airlines, technology providers and
project developers) to deploy SAFNOCA.
Haffner Energy is targeting SAF production units from 2025 with
a capacity over 35,000 metric tonnes per year, in line with
aviation sector decarbonization plans. For example, Geneva
International Airport in Switzerland consumed 410,000 tonnes of
fossil kerosene per year in 2022, for 14 million passengers (the
same amount of passengers as New-York Laguardia in 2022). A SAF
production unit of 41,000 tonnes per year would cover 10% of the
airport's needs.
SAFNOCA's game-changing advantage: access to biogenic carbon,
the main obstacle to SAF mass production
SAF is essential to the decarbonization of aviation. Its
production requires a combination of renewable hydrogen and
biogenic carbon. Only sustainable biomass and renewable organic
waste can currently provide this biogenic carbon in a significant
way. Although biomass deposits are significant, their dispersion,
seasonal and interannual variations strongly favor processes that
are agnostic to the type of biomass exploited.
This is a key differentiating factor of the technology developed
by Haffner Energy. Its process is particularly efficient in
converting all available seasonal sustainable biomass residues
effectively with virtually no restrictions. This includes organic
waste. Being agnostic to biomass and waste removes the main barrier
to massive access to biogenic carbon, while securing supply.
This advantage is further enhanced by the fact SAFNOCA has a
virtually neutral carbon footprint in a full life-cycle analysis,
reducing the resulting SAF CO2 emissions by over 90%.
“Today, civil aviation remains almost entirely dependent on
fossil fuels, and that decarbonizing is a crucial challenge, though
more complex than for road mobility. Through its SAFNOCA solution,
Haffner Energy is in a position to make a massive contribution to
the decarbonization of aviation, by providing the missing link in
the value chain that will enable the production of competitive,
abundant carbon neutral SAF", says Philippe Haffner, Chairman
and CEO of Haffner Energy.
Why is SAF essential, and how can it be produced?
SAF is a bio-kerosene clean-fuel with a reduced carbon
footprint.
It is the only significant way to decarbonize air transport in
the short and medium term, without having to replace the 26,000
aircraft currently in daily operation, as well as any new aircraft
that are expected to double global air traffic by 2050. Other
decarbonization options are being considered for the longer term,
such as hydrogen, but will remain inaccessible for long-haul
flights.
To date, SAF production covers just 0.3% of the world's aviation
kerosene consumption. It is almost exclusively produced by the HEFA
process, which uses oleochemical and lipid-based intrants.
Vegetable oils, animal fats and used cooking oils are targeted.
However, this process is likely to play a limited role in the
future due to the limited availability of these oleic
biomasses.
Technologies that convert residual solid biomass and organic
waste, using the thermochemical Fischer-Tropsch process will lead.
It is in this category that the technological brick mastered and
supplied by Haffner Energy falls: SAFNOCA.
Haffner Energy has 30 years’ experience in the production of
renewable energy from biomass, with 40 projects completed and
almost 600 MW installed capacity. From 2010 it developed SYNOCA®
and HYNOCA®, technologies protected by 15 patent families enabling
the production of renewable hydrogen and renewable synthetic gas
whose physico-chemical properties are perfectly suited to a
Fischer-Tropsch1.
A legislative framework favorable to the deployment of SAF in
the United States and Europe
The mass production and use of SAF is a priority for civil
aviation. New legislative frameworks implemented in many parts of
the world are one of the main key factors favoring the use of
SAF.
In the European Union, at least 2% of aviation fuels must be
sustainable by 2025. This share will increase every five years: 6%
in 2030, 20% in 2035, 34% in 2040, 42% in 2045 and 70% in 2050.
The United States has greater ambitions. The Clean Hydrogen
Strategic Roadmap published on June 5, 2023 sets a target of
producing 3 billion gallons of SAF from biomass and waste per year
by 2030, and 35 billion gallons by 2050. The goal by 2050 is to
supply sufficient SAF to meet 100% of aviation fuel demand and to
put the aviation sector on a pathway to full decarbonization. The
US SAF Grand Challenge estimates a 600-fold increase in SAF
production by 2030 compared to 2021, with a need for more than 400
biorefineries by 2050.
The Department of Energy identified a deposit of 1 billion dry
tons of residual biomass per year. The Inflation Reduction Act
offers substantial incentives for the production of SAF by
introducing a tax credit of up to $1.75 per gallon of SAF,
depending on its carbon footprint. SAFNOCA should achieve the
maximum tax credit, thanks to its very low carbon footprint.
Meet Haffner Energy in Houston on July 24
Haffner Energy will be in Houston from 24 to 30 July 2023 to
present SAFNOCA solution. Marcella Franchi, SVP North America, will
be speaking at the RNG & SAF Capital Markets Summit. Haffner
Energy will be in Houston again for the Sustainable Aviation
Futures North America Congress from 2 to 4 October 2023.
About Haffner Energy
A listed family company co-founded and co-directed by Marc and
Philippe Haffner, and a key player in the energy transition for 30
years, Haffner Energy designs and supplies innovative
decarbonization solutions for mobility, industry and local
authorities. Its technology, based on biomass thermolysis and
protected by 15 patent families, enable customers to produce
renewable hydrogen and gas, as well as other green energies such as
Sustainable Aviation Fuel and methanol.
1 The Fischer-Tropsch process is a mature and well-know
technology for a century, enabling to convert syngas made of
hydrogen and carbon monoxide, to liquid oils.
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CLAI
Thibault Lecauchois - +33 (0)7 84 58 77 11 Valentine Serres -
+33 (0)7 78 41 45 91 haffnerenergy@clai2.com
HAFFNER ENERGY
Laure Bourdon, Chief of Staff to the CEO & Head of
communication - + 33 7 87 96 35 15
laure.bourdon@haffner-energy.com
Marcella Franchi, SVP North America - + 33 6 41 08 73 69
saf@haffner-energy.com
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