Neste将于2023年第一季度启动新加坡SAF工厂

据烃加工新闻2月16日消息称，Neste的一位高管周三表示，由于疫情推迟了其扩张项目，该公司计划于2023年第一季度末在新加坡生产第一批可持续航空燃料(SAF)。

Neste 负责可再生航空业务的执行副总裁 Thorsten Lange 告诉路透社：“由于疫情，该计划被推迟了，因为我们本来希望在2022年投入使用。”

“但修订后的计划现在完全走上了正轨。”

Neste生产的可再生燃料主要来自废弃和剩余物，如废弃食用油、食品工业垃圾中的动物脂肪、鱼类加工垃圾中的鱼脂肪和植物油加工的剩余物。

Lange在新加坡航展间隙接受采访时表示，Neste计划在2023年第一季度末开始生产SAF，然后将产量提高到每年100万吨。

由于缺乏喷气燃料发动机的替代技术，占全球碳排放量 3% 的航空业被认为是最难解决的行业之一。

Lange表示，他本周在新加坡进行了“非常有希望”的讨论，而日本的目标是到 2030 年为航空公司提供 10% 的可持续航空燃料，这“非常令人鼓舞”。

“亚洲的典型情况是他们可能暂时落后……但这可能会在未来两到三年内发生巨大变化，” Lange补充道。

朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻

原文如下：

Neste to start Singapore SAF plant by 1Q 2023

Neste plans to produce its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore by the end of 1Q 2023 after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its expansion project, a senior executive said on Wednesday.

"It's been delayed due to the pandemic as we were already hoping to be on stream in 2022," Neste's Executive Vice President for Renewable Aviation, Thorsten Lange, told Reuters.

"But the revised plan is now fully on track."

Neste produces renewable fuels, mainly from waste and residues such as used cooking oil, animal fat from food industry waste, fish fat from fish processing waste and residues from vegetable oil processing.

Neste plans to start SAF production at the end of 1Q 2023 and then onwards ramp up output to an annual capacity of 1 MMt, Lange said in an interview on the sidelines of the Singapore Airshow.

Aviation, which accounts for 3% of the world's carbon emissions, is considered one of the toughest sectors to tackle due to a lack of alternative technologies to jet fueled-engines.

Lange said he has had "very promising" discussions this week in Singapore, while Japan aiming for 10% sustainable jet fuel for airlines by 2030 is "very encouraging."

"What is typical for Asia is they may be lagging behind for the time being ... but that could massively change within the next two to three years," Lange added.