Pilot plant for sustainable aviation fuel

This is the first project to be undertaken in Québec to capture and convert CO₂ into a usable product and is a precursor in North America. Hopes are high, because this type of fuel could transform the future of civil and commercial aviation—along with a host of other industries with various projects and applications—by contributing greatly to the decarbonization effort.

Región Eastern Canada
Cliente Polytechnique Montréal, in collaboration with the SAF+ Consortium
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BBA helped install and operate the SAF+ pilot plant to convert industrial carbon emissions into new sustainable aviation fuel, with 80% fewer GHG effects than conventional kerosene.

The CO₂ is captured and recovered by the Polytechnique Montréal plant and then sent to the SAF+ plant to be converted into sustainable fuel.

BBA was mandated to provide engineering, project management and construction management to install the SAF+ plant as well as operate the Polytechnique Montréal CO₂ capture plant and the SAF+ plant.

Thanks to BBA’s multidisciplinary know-how, all phases of designing the pilot plant’s interconnections, construction and operation were completed in fewer than eight months. The expertise of BBA’s teams in carrying out large-scale projects proved to be instrumental in achieving the objectives for this mandate, which exceeded initial expectations.
Polytechnique Montréal's CO2 capture unit

BBA is extremely proud to have participated in this success, marking an important milestone in efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of the aviation sector and many other industries.
- 80%
  The carbon footprint of this new fuel is reduced by 80% compared to fossil-based kerosene
- 222
  The plant’s daily production alone will eliminate the carbon equivalent of 222 round-trip flights between Montréal and Paris!

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