Phelan Green Group is a renewable energy developer founded in 2005 by Paschal Phelan and headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. The company operates across seven countries on four continents, specializing in solar PV, green hydrogen, eFuels, battery storage, and wind energy. Through its subsidiary Solar Capital, it has installed over 500 MWp of solar capacity worldwide and holds a strategic land portfolio exceeding 30,000 hectares.
Key projects include the R47 billion (≈US$2.5 billion) Phelan Green Hydrogen Project in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape—a South African government-recognized strategic green industrial development. This initiative features an electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) facility using Honeywell UOP Fischer-Tropsch Unicracking™ technology to produce over 140,000 tonnes annually from captured CO₂ for EU and UK markets, with construction starting in Q4 2026. The broader project targets green hydrogen (80,000 tonnes/year), eMethanol (400,000 tonnes/year for export), and significant job creation.
Also known as Phelan Green Energy, Phelan Green Hydrogen, and Phelan eFuels.
Licensing secures HyCOgen and FT CANS technologies for a Saldanha Bay eSAF facility; first phase aims 35,000 t/yr for EU/UK markets, with full build to 140,000 t/yr.
Chosen tech will produce commercial-scale electro‑sustainable aviation fuel in Saldanha Bay; R47bn project to deliver >140,000 t eSAF to EU/UK, construction from Q4 2026, local job creation.
