UK-headed Johnson Matthey plc (JM) and US-headed Honeywell UOP, two global leaders in sustainable technologies, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer an end-to-end solution for businesses developing alternative fuels from a wide range of feedstocks including municipal solid waste (MSW), residual biomass, biogas, and carbon dioxide both captured and biogenic.
The partnership brings together JM’s leading syngas solutions and Honeywell UOP’s market-leading expertise in fuel upgrading technologies. By bringing together the two technologies, Honeywell and JM expect to drive down operating costs and accelerate the deployment of viable projects producing fuels via Fischer-Tropsch (FT) or methanol routes.
The FT route will combine JM and bp’s co-developed “FT CANS” technology, with Honeywell’s “FT Unicracking” technology refining the product to a “drop-in” sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that, once blended, complies with strict aviation industry standards.
The methanol route will bring together Honeywell UOP “eFining” technology, and JM’s methanol technologies, including “eMERALD” e-methanol technology to provide an end-to-end solution for methanol-to-jet (MtJ)
JM and Honeywell both have a strong track record of solving the world’s emission and energy challenges, and we’ve shown customers the value of bringing together our technologies for their sustainable fuel projects. Consolidating our offerings into a one-stop solution helps reduce project costs and accelerate implementation, said Alberto Giovanzana, Managing Director – Catalyst Technologies at Johnson Matthey.
Joint offering already selected
JM and Honeywell have a strong and growing pipeline of projects. The joint offering has already been selected for DG Fuels’ proposed FT CANS SAF plant in Louisiana, United States, which has a planned capacity of 600,000 tonnes per annum.
JM and Honeywell have also shown that by integrating JM’s eMERALD and Honeywell UOP eFining technologies, additional SAF production worth over US$200 million can be delivered over the life of a typical carbon dioxide-to-methanol SAF plant based on a 4,000 tpa SAF production at a SAF price of US$2,071 tonne using JM and Honeywell’s integrated offer over 25 years.
As demand for SAF continues to grow, the aviation industry is challenged by limited supplies of traditional SAF feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats, and waste oils. Our work with JM will expand the feedstock options available in the industry to sources that are more plentiful, like waste biomass and municipal solid waste, ultimately helping improve our customers’ ability to produce SAF, said Kelly Seibert, VP & General Manager at Honeywell UOP.
Expanding on an existing partnership
This MoU builds on JM and Honeywell UOP’s existing partnership in CCS-enabled hydrogen – which brings together JM’s “LCH” technology and Honeywell’s leading carbon capture technology to produce low carbon intensity hydrogen at scale
and integrate Honeywell UOP’s technologies into JM’s “CLEANPACE” offering to decarbonize existing synthesis (syngas) gas plants.
At Honeywell, we believe that collaboration is key to driving innovation in the energy transition. By working closely with JM, we are unlocking new opportunities for our customers to decarbonize operations and create a more sustainable future, ended Barry Glickman, General Manager of Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions.
