TTCL Public Company Ltd announced on 15 October 2024, that they have received the FEED (front-end engineering design) and cost estimation agreement for a SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) plant utilising Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining™ technology, from DB Tarımsal Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, a major biodiesel and refined glycerol provider in Turkey. Following the completion of the FEED phase, the project is expected to transition into EPC (engineering, procurement and construction), with TTCL also planning to carry out EPCm (engineering, procurement and construction management).
Representatives from TTCL, DB Tarımsal Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (DB) and Honeywell met in Istanbul on 8 October 2024, for a signing ceremony where DB also signed a license agreement with Honeywell UOP.
The air transport market in Turkey is expected to grow by 109% over the next 20 years, according to a report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process, which was developed in collaboration with Eni SpA, is a proven technology that has been used globally since 2016 to produce SAF that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions up to 80% when compared to the emissions from fossil fuels. DB is a market leader in Turkey’s biodiesel industry and has established a procurement network for wastes, which will serve as raw materials in the development of SAF. The company plans to expand into the manufacturing and sales of next-generation aviation and marine fuels.
DB Tarımsal Enerji’s plant is expected to be one of the first commercial SAF plants in Turkey, using 100% domestically sourced wastes and seeds as raw material, with a production capacity of 100,000 tons annually or 397,500 lit/day. In addition to SAF, it will also produce bio-naphtha and renewable diesel. DB will handle the raw material procurement. A project for a pre-treatment plant is already underway and TTCL plans to manage this project separately.
TTCL has already secured the entire EPC contract for Thailand’s first SAF commercial plant, including the pre-treatment plant and the project is currently in progress and is based on Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining technology, employing an execution model that will save several months in project schedule. TTCL’s recent achievements in the energy sector and transition to cleaner fuels are remarkable, and its development as a pioneering engineering company in this field is expected to continue.
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