Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) announces its collaboration with Dragonfly Holdings Ltd. (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; www.dragonflyfuels.com) for the licensing of Axens’ leading Vegan® HEFA technology for the development of several sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facilities in Africa and the Caribbean.
As part of the collaboration, Dragonfly will implement Axens’ well-established proprietary Vegan® HEFA technology in sites that will utilize modular process units engineered and supplied by Dragonfly to process renewable feedstocks, including used cooking oils, waste animal fats, and other vegetable oils. Axens will also provide integrated catalyst and adsorbent solutions, proprietary equipment, and operational support and training services to ensure optimized plant performance and operational reliability.
Axens is a global provider of process technologies, equipment, catalysts and services for the conversion of oil and biomass into cleaner fuels, renewable fuels and bio-based chemicals, natural gas treatment, and carbon capture solutions. The company is a leading licensor of industrial units worldwide and provides a full suite of solutions from feasibility studies through unit start-up and lifecycle support.
Dragonfly accelerates the deployment of its proven technologies to bring its SAF refineries to market faster than is traditional, and with a significantly lower financial and carbon footprint. Creating a biofuels stream from local waste and for local use enables the company to address under-served markets at truly sustainable city scale.