Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Allied Biofuels held a front-end engineering design (FEED) meeting in Ningbo with key partners involved in its US$6.1 billion sustainable aviation fuel (SAF and e-SAF) project in Uzbekistan.
All participants confirmed their confidence in reaching a final investment decision (FID) in the first quarter of 2027.
The meeting, held at Sinopec’s office, was attended by China’s Sinopec Engineering Group, Denmark’s Topsoe A/S, South Africa’s Sasol and US-based Plug Power.
The parties agreed on the allocation of engineering responsibilities, technology interfaces and a coordinated implementation programme.
Sinopec Engineering Group is responsible for systems integration, detailed engineering and open-book cost development, followed by a transition to the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) stage.
Topsoe and Sasol are providing licenses for key e-SAF production technologies — SynCOR™ technology and the Fischer-Tropsch process, respectively.
Plug Power is providing electrolyzer systems with a combined capacity of up to 2.4 GW for green hydrogen production.
The project envisages the creation of Central Asia’s first integrated industrial-scale aviation biofuel production complex.
It is being implemented with the support of a decree by the President of Uzbekistan and combines renewable energy generation, green hydrogen production and advanced fuel technologies.
