Airbus Group signs MOU with Emerging Fuels Technology on sustainable aviation fuels

4 December 2014

Airbus Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc. (EFT) to promote EFT in the commercialization of technologies to produce sustainable fuels for aviation. EFT’s proprietary Advanced Fixed Bed (AFB) Fischer-Tropsch reactor and catalyst system can convert synthesis gas from virtually any carbonaceous feedstock into transportation fuels such as renewable diesel and sustainable jet fuel. EFT specializes in small modular GTL licensing, Fischer-Tropsch and upgrade licensing for XTL projects, and contract RD.

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EFT offers several standard Reference Designs of its GTL technology which includes its proprietary and patented Advanced Fixed Bed Fischer-Tropsch reactor/catalyst system in nominal 250 Barrel per Day modules complete with related support equipment and modular upgrade packages from 250 BPD to 10,000 BPD.

In addition to the MOU with Airbus Group, EFT recently signed a broad Cooperation Agreement with Black Veatch (BV), a global leader in the engineering, procurement and construction of energy infrastructures. Under this agreement, BV will offer its clients the benefit of a technology “wrap” which can provide a range of performance guarantees, in addition to traditional cost and schedule guarantees for projects incorporating EFT’s technologies into sustainable fuels facilities. Other aspects of the agreement grant exclusivity to BV in representing EFT technologies in select markets and applications.

Airbus Group’s 2014 launch of a sustainable aviation fuels roadmap has led to collaborative projects with airline partners. It has also led to approval of 50% blends of biomass-to-liquid (BTL) and hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) fuels on commercial flights. Through May 2014, more than 1,500 commercial flights have been flown with alternative fuels worldwide.

Our belief is that, with support from regional governments, a significant percentage of all aviation fuel could come from sustainable sources by 2030, if we can establish adequate supply sources to produce commercial quantities of sustainable aviation fuel.