News and Highlights
- SkyNRG, a Netherlands-based sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) company, announced last week that it plans to move forward with an $800 million facility in the state of Washington. Expected to produce about 30 million gallons of SAF annually, the facility would source renewable natural gas and green hydrogen feedstock to produce aviation fuel.
- NuStar Energy’s latest investor presentation highlighted the company’s exposure to renewable fuels and low-carbon ammonia projects.
Green Project News and Announcements
SkyNRG plans to build an $800 million SAF facility in Washington state, with production possible by the end of this decade. As part of the fuel production process, SkyNRG says it will source green hydrogen, as well as renewable natural gas (RNG). Details around the green hydrogen supply for the project were not announced but plans for the Washington project may mirror those of another SAF project SkyNRG is developing in the Netherlands. There the company plans to source green H2 from a 40-megawatt (MW) electrolyzer facility that will utilize alkaline electrolyzers provided by NEL ASA.
Blue Project News and Announcements
Though we have historically associated NuStar energy with its expansive Permian oil gathering and Gulf Coast crude export facilities, the company appears poised to benefit from various renewable fuels initiatives, including low-carbon ammonia produced with green and blue hydrogen. NuStar operates about 2,000 miles of ammonia pipelines in the U.S. and expects to see increased volumes on its system in the years ahead. As part of that volume expansion, NuStar will expand its existing system with a 14-mile pipeline segment to interconnect with OCI Global’s facility in Wever, Iowa. Though we don’t know if OCI Wever produces low-carbon hydrogen at present, the company is building a blue ammonia facility near Beaumont, Texas, utilizing blue hydrogen to be produced by a greenfield autothermal reforming (ATR) facility planned by Linde.
