据油气工程8月19日消息称，从事可再生燃料和化学品业务的美国Gevo公司Gevo公司和印度Praj工业公司已签署具有约束力的最终主框架协议（MFA），以合作在印度和周边国家/地区提供可再生、低碳、低颗粒物、可持续航空燃料(SAF)和可再生优质汽油。在此之前，双方在2019年4月就可再生异丁醇、SAF和可再生优质汽油的商业化发表了声明。
Gevo将授予其技术许可，Praj将向糖和乙醇工厂提供技术、工厂设备和EPC服务，以从1G原料（甘蔗汁、蔗糖蜜、糖浆等）和2G原料（秸秆、甘蔗渣等纤维素生物质）生产可再生异丁醇。可再生的异丁醇将被聚合并转移到各个炼油厂。Gevo还将授予其技术许可，Praj将向炼油厂提供技术、工厂设备和EPC服务，以通过ASTM批准的“酒精-喷气”方法（ATJ）将可再生异丁醇转化为可持续航空燃料和优质汽油。
Gevo首席执行官帕特里克·格鲁伯表示：“使用我们的技术制造的航空燃料和汽油都是由可再生资源制造的，可以减少温室气体，消除微粒物。我们很高兴与Praj合作，沿着商业化的道路前进。我们也认识到，像我们这样的产品有减少空气污染的潜力。”
Praj工业公司执行主席普拉莫得·乔杜里博士表示：“我们很高兴与领先的可再生化学品和先进生物燃料公司Gevo合作，以扩大SAF在印度的商业规模使用。Praj在Bio-Mobility TM平台下的enfinityTM技术与Gevo的ATJ相结合，将创造出一个成功的解决方案，以满足不断增长的可持续脱碳需求。这也将有助于印度实现能源安全、减少进口账单和实现气候变化目标。”
根据MFA的条款，Gevo将向Praj提供许可证，这将使Praj能够提供基本的工程和设计方案服务、供应设备、建造工厂并使用共同开发的工艺设计方案，为Gevo许可的工厂运营商生产可再生异丁醇。
曹海斌 摘译自 油气工程
原文如下：
Gevo and Praj to provide sustainable aviation fuel in India
Gevo, Inc. and Praj Industries Ltd. have signed a binding, definitive Master framework Agreement (MFA) to collaborate Gevo will licence its technology and Praj will provide technology, plant equipment and EPC services to sugar mills and ethanol plants to produce renewable isobutanol from 1G feedstock (cane juice, cane molasses, sugar syrup, etc.) and 2G feedstock (cellulosic biomass like straws, bagasse, etc.) The renewable isobutanol will be aggregated and transferred to various refineries. Gevo will also license its technology and Praj will provide technology, plant equipment and EPC services to refineries for converting renewable isobutanol into Sustainable Aviation Fuel and premium gasoline through the ASTM-approved pathway of Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ).
“Jet fuel and gasoline made with our technology are made from renewable resources, reduce greenhouse gasses, and eliminates particulates,” said Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo. “We are pleased to be working with Praj, moving down the commercialisation path. We also recognise that products like ours have the potential to reduce air pollution.”
Dr. Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman, Praj Industries, said: “We are happy to partner with Gevo, a leading renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company to expand the commercial-scale use of SAF in India. Praj’s enfinityTM technology under Bio-MobilityTM platform, combined with Gevo’s ATJ, will create a winning solution to address the growing need of sustainable decarbonisation. This will also help India in achieving energy security, reducing import bill and meeting climate change goals.”
Pursuant to the terms of the MFA, Gevo is providing a licence to Praj, which will allow the latter to carry out basic engineering and design package services, supply equipment, build plants and use jointly developed process design package to produce renewable isobutanol for plant operators who are licensed by Gevo.
