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Project of the week

14–20 October 2026

Carbon Neutral Fuels FlexSAF Project Starling at Workington

Workington , United Kingdom · FEED / Pre-FID

Carbon Neutral Fuels has unveiled FlexSAF, a hybrid plant architecture that combines eSAF from biogenic carbon dioxide and green hydrogen with bioSAF from biomethane into a shared Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and upgrading line at Project...

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