# Power to Sustainable Fuel Pilot Plant \(4 lots\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD](/buyers/university-of-sheffield/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: No tender award was made
- Award value: £0
- Tender value: £2,095,000
- Award date: 6 December 2022
- Published: 16 December 2022
- Contract start: 7 December 2022
- Contract end: 8 December 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: aa17b3b6-8581-4c6f-b6f1-685e572a892b-599568
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e619cd86-0273-49b2-8f37-2454b4b055db

## Description

The University of Sheffield's Translational Energy Research Centre \(TERC\) is one of the largest and bestequipped national R&D centres in Europe for zero-carbon energy, hydrogen, bioenergy, and Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage \(CCUS\)\. We are looking to procure a sustainable aviation fuel \(SAF\) pilot plant based on Fischer-Tropsch technology\. The SAF plant is required to produce 1\.5\+ L/h of sustainable aviation fuel to Jet A1 ASTM specification D1655 \(with flash point of 38\+°C and a freeze point maximum of -47°C\)\. The plant shall utilise onsite CO2 \(minimum as an industrial gas, but preferably CO2 captured onsite from bioenergy exhaust gases\) and on-site generated green H2 as feedstocks\. It shall also have the option to use biomass syngas from an onsite wood gasifier\. This tender is made up of 4 distinct lots, comprising of 6 individual modules: Lot 1 \(Module\) \#1 Gas clean-up and conditioning module \#2 Reverse Water Gas Shift module \#3 FT mixing skid Lot 2 \#5 Hydrocracking and hydrogenation module Lot 3 \#6 Distillation module Lot 4 \#7 Site flare Additional information: All tender documents, correspondence & tender returns, must be obtained and submitted through the In-tend site as referred to above

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aa17b3b6-8581-4c6f-b6f1-685e572a892b-599568)