North Sea Port turns into hub for sustainable aviation gas and chemical compounds manufacturing

North Sea Port turns into hub for sustainable aviation gas and chemical compounds manufacturing

North Sea Port and Ghent-based Terra Mater BV are collaborating with the Brazilian group Petrom to provide sustainable aviation gas and fundamental chemical compounds. Terra Mater will make the most of its proprietary 2X Alcohol-to-Jet expertise, developed in Ghent, for this enterprise.

Underneath the settlement, Petrom, a significant Brazilian petrochemical group, will provide Terra Mater with the mandatory bio-based uncooked supplies for 5 years. These supplies can be used to provide sustainable aviation gas (SAF) and sustainable chemical compounds. On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, the three events signed an settlement in São Paulo as a part of the Belgian financial mission presently visiting Brazil. 

Revolutionary Expertise 

Kapil Shyam Lokare, CEO and co-founder of Terra Mater, stated :

With our expertise, we contribute to the purpose of creating aviation emission-free by 2050. Reaching this requires a large leap within the manufacturing of sustainable aviation fuels,

The corporate has been testing its 2X Alcohol-to-Jet expertise at a pilot plant on the Kluizendok within the Ghent part of the port space. This expertise permits the conversion of varied waste streams and alcohols into sustainable jet gas and fundamental chemical compounds, that are utilized in inexperienced functions. Terra Mater is now ready to scale up manufacturing. 

Shut ties with Brazil 

The settlement strengthens the already shut ties between North Sea Port and Brazil. South America’s largest nation persistently ranks within the prime 5 of the port’s most vital buying and selling companions. Final 12 months, items throughput between the 2 amounted to 4.5 million tons, primarily pushed by uncooked materials imports. 

North Sea Port serves as a key gateway to the European marketplace for Brazilian fruit juice. As well as, the port and Brazil collaborate extensively in biofuels. North Sea Port hosts Belgium’s largest biofuel cluster, whereas Brazil is a world chief in biofuel manufacturing and utilization. 

Financial mission to Brazil 

North Sea Port is collaborating within the Belgian financial mission happening from November 22 to December 1 in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Brazil is the world’s ninth-largest financial system and the biggest on the South American continent, in addition to Belgium’s seventh-largest buying and selling companion. 

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North Sea Port turns into hub for sustainable aviation gas and chemical compounds manufacturing, supply