Técnicas Reunidas Awarded Design Contract for 66,000-Tonne Synthetic Aviation Fuel Project in Sweden

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 10, Spanish engineering firm Técnicas Reunidas was awarded a front-end engineering design contract by Sweden's Alby PtX to undertake full-process engineering integration for an industrial-scale power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel plant located in Alby, Ånge Municipality, Sweden. The project is designed to produce approximately 66,000 tonnes per year of synthetic aviation fuel using renewable electricity, water and captured carbon dioxide as feedstocks via a power-to-liquid process. This is also the company's first contract in the Swedish market.

The production process begins with hydrogen production via electrolysis, using renewable electricity to electrolyze water to produce green hydrogen. The hydrogen is then combined with captured carbon dioxide and subjected to a reverse water-gas shift (eRWGS) reaction to generate synthesis gas, which is subsequently converted into synthetic crude oil through Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and processed into aviation fuel via hydrocarbon upgrading and downstream processing units. This pathway converts electricity into liquid fuel, with the product suitable for aviation transportation.

The process design also includes a naphtha recycling system to recover relevant hydrocarbon fractions formed during production, improving carbon utilization and overall production efficiency. Core processes involved in the project also include Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, hydrocarbon enrichment and associated processing units. Técnicas Reunidas will be responsible for the engineering interfacing of all production stages and will complete the front-end engineering design work based on the proprietary process technology pre-engineering design provided by the main technology licensor.

The contract awarded is at the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage, with the focus on establishing the engineering design basis required for plant construction; it is not a full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. The parties subsequently plan to advance preparation for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Only after the project developer Alby PtX makes a final investment decision (FID) would Técnicas Reunidas be expected to continue with equipment procurement, plant construction, commissioning and start-up.

Alby PtX is jointly owned by Norwegian power-to-liquid fuel developer Norsk e-Fuel and German asset management firm Prime Capital, with RES providing project development support. The project is located in Alby, Sweden, and forms part of Europe's power-to-synthetic-fuel industry landscape. This engineering design contract brings the Swedish project into Técnicas Reunidas's business portfolio in sustainable fuels, hydrogen and power-to-liquid.