Sustainability and Environment
New SAF Producer Moves Forward after Offtake Agreement
Syzygy Plasmonics’ first production facility will be in Uruguay
artist rendering of planned NovaSAF-1 plant
Syzygy Plasmonics’ first SAF production plant is slated to come online in 2028 in Uruguay.

Syzygy Plasmonics, another potential player in the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market, has just signed a six-year offtake agreement with commodities broker Trafigura for the purchase of next-generation SAF from Syzygy’s first commercial facility, which will be located in Durazno, Uruguay.

NovaSAF-1, as the plant will be named, will be the world’s first electrified biogas-to-SAF facility to produce SAF compliant with standards for renewable fuels of non-biological origin, with deliveries anticipated to start in 2028. It will use Honeywell’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydrocracking technologies and a specialized photoreactor that contains plasmonic nanoparticles. When illuminated by lights powered by renewable electricity, these nanoparticles absorb light energy and transfer it directly to biogas molecules, splitting them apart.