Name of the Project
HySHiFT sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project.

Location
Secunda, in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Project Owner/s
HySHiFT Consortium comprising Linde, Sasol, ENERTRAG and HydRegen Energy.

Project Description
HySHiFT is one of nine green hydrogen projects registered with Infrastructure South Africa and is included in an updated list of Strategic Integrated Projects, published on December 6, 2022, in line with the Infrastructure Development Act. The project aims to produce SAF, or e-kerosene.

The consortium plans to build a 200 MW electrolyser and 450 MW of renewable electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and to use the green hydrogen in Sasol’s existing Fischer Tropsch facilities to produce 50 000 t/d of power-to-liquid, or PTL, kerosene. This could fuel two flights between Germany and South Africa a day.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
The German Economic Affairs and Climate Action Ministry is providing €15-million in funding for the first phase of the project, during which a 40 MW electrolyser will be built.

Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.

Latest Developments
The HyShift Consortium’s production of PTL fuels at Secunda will not currently meet Europe’s Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin compliance criteria.

These involve strict additionality and temporal matching rules for renewables generation and hydrogen production; therefore, green-hydrogen-derived SAF currently produced at Secunda cannot currently access the EU’s market that makes a minimum SAF blend mandatory. 

However, discussions between South Africa and the EU on integrating a flexible-allocation methodology in future, are ongoing.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
ENERTRAG, email enertrag@enertrag.co.za.
Linde, email hydrogen@linde.com.
Sasol, email renewable.energy@sasol.com.