Essar Energy Transition (EET) has completed a key stage for plans to create one of the UK’s largest advanced sustainable aviation fuel production hubs at its Stanlow site.
The Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) stage has completed for EET's planned Stanlow Methanol to Jet (MtJ) project.
Integrated within the company’s Stanlow refinery’s infrastructure, the planned MtJ project will produce more than 200,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of advanced SAF, using approximately 550,000 tpa of renewable e-methanol and bio-methanol feedstock.
Co-locating the MtJ facility with the Stanlow refinery enables on-site blending of the SAF with the Essar Energy Transition Fuels conventional jet fuel volumes. Utilising the existing export infrastructure, including access to the Manchester Jet, Midlands, and UKOP pipeline systems as well as existing road and marine distribution routes, the SAF can be supplied directly to the UK aviation sector, including major UK airports and airlines.
Renewable e-methanol and bio-methanol will be sourced from a range of domestic and international supply sources. Leveraging existing import and storage capabilities provided by Stanlow Terminals Ltd reduces project capital expenditure, whilst enabling access to the most competitive, low cost and low carbon intensity methanol feedstocks.
Part funded (with an up to £2.5m grant) through the third window of the UK Government’s Department for Transport’s (DfT) Advanced Fuel Fund (AFF), the Pre-FEED stage was completed in partnership with Genesis, as Pre-FEED Contractor.
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