Technip Energies has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Jet Zero Australia Pty Ltd (Jet Zero) for Project Ulysses, a bioethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project located in Townsville, Australia.

The FEED covers an extensive package of engineering activities, documentation and planning to refine the cost estimate for the project and develop detailed timelines.

The project aims to produce 102 million liters of SAF and 11 million litres of renewable diesel annually by 2028 using Australian bioethanol and technologies from Technip Energies and LanzaJet. Technip Energies’ Hummingbird® technology converts the bioethanol to sustainable ethylene and LanzaJet’s alcohol-to-jet technology transforms the ethylene to SAF.

Sylvain Cabalery, SVP Sustainable Fuels, Chemicals & Circularity at Technip Energies, stated “We are very pleased to see Project Ulysses moving forward to provide the first alcohol-to-jet SAF plant in Australia. With the global aviation industry looking for ways to further secure their supply and lower emissions, Technip Energies and LanzaJet integrated technology is a smart solution, bringing energy security while at the same time eliminating up to 70% of greenhouse gas emissions.”