Conestoga Power and SAFFiRE Renewables LLC introduced in the present day their settlement for Conestoga to host SAFFiRE’s cellulosic ethanol pilot plant at Conestoga’s Arkalon Power ethanol facility in Liberal, Kansas. The SAFFiRE pilot undertaking goals to validate and reveal the commercialization of SAFFiRE’s corn-stover-to-ethanol know-how in a completely built-in pilot facility that processes 10 tons of corn stover per day. Each Conestoga and SAFFiRE are centered on producing ultra-low carbon depth (CI) ethanol to be used in renewable fuels, making this a synergistic relationship.
The cellulosic ethanol from the SAFFiRE pilot undertaking and potential future business services is deliberate to be upgraded to ultra-low CI sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) in help of the aviation business’s decarbonization efforts. SAF is gasoline produced from non-fossil gasoline sources that can lead to decrease greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions than standard jet gasoline on a lifecycle foundation. SAF is a drop-in gasoline when blended with standard jet gasoline and is essential to decarbonizing aviation.
SAF’s decrease carbon depth makes it an essential a part of lowering aviation GHG emissions, which make up 9 %–12 % of U.S. transportation GHG emissions, in response to the U.S. EPA.
“Conestoga is happy to work with SAFFiRE Renewables on this transformative alternative. This settlement ties in nicely with Conestoga’s wealthy historical past of offering carbon lowering and web zero options within the bioethanol area,” stated Tom Willis, CEO of Conestoga Power. “To be able to attain acknowledged web zero carbon emission objectives by 2050, the aviation business must embrace SAF. SAFFiRE cellulosic ethanol know-how is deliberate to provide ethanol that may be upgraded to SAF that may be cost-competitive with conventional fossil-based jet gasoline. Conestoga is proud to be an element this subsequent massive step for each the Ethanol and Aviation industries.”
“An amazing quantity of engineering and website design work has been accomplished and we’re assured that this pilot plant would be the first step towards scaling and commercializing the conversion of corn stover to cellulosic ethanol, which SAFFiRE plans to transform to sustainable aviation gasoline by way of the alcohol-to-jet pathway,” stated Tom Nealon, CEO of SAFFiRE Renewables. “That is good for the corn growers, it’s good for ethanol producers, and it’s good for the host communities and the aviation business. Our pilot plant website choice course of was rigorous, and Conestoga exceeded all of our necessities and continues to reveal that they’re an impressive accomplice.”.
