The project will be built in Masdar City
TotalEnergies joins Masdar-led hydrogen-to-SAF project
Oil major to bring expertise in SAF production and supply to Masdar City development
TotalEnergies has announced it will co-develop a green hydrogen-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demonstration project in the planned Masdar City development with UAE-based clean energy firm Masdar and Germany’s Siemens Energy. Masdar originally unveiled the project in 2021 in partnership with Siemens, Abu Dhabi’s Department of Energy, airlines Etihad Airways and Lufthansa, Japan’s Marubeni and Khalifa University of Science and Technology. “The demonstrator plant will help to establish the commercial viability of green hydrogen as an essential decarbonised fuel of the future, and will support Abu Dhabi’s development as a green hydrogen hub,” says Masdar CEO Mohamed Jameel al-Ramahi. The UA
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