Aether Fuels, FlyORO explore SAF supply-chain, blending solutions for Project Beacon

Aether Fuels, a sustainable fuels company with headquarters in Singapore and Chicago, announced May 12 that it has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with FlyORO Technologies Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blending and supply-chain technology company, to jointly explore the potential development of supply chains, blending and associated SAF activities in support of Aether’s Project Beacon and future Aether SAF projects.

Through the MOU, the parties will evaluate how a next-generation SAF production pathway can be paired with flexible blending, storage interface, certification workflow, logistics and downstream market-delivery models.

The collaboration is intended to assess practical ways to accelerate operational readiness and commercial adoption while supporting Singapore’s role as a leading hub for aviation, innovation and sustainable industrial development.

At the center of the collaboration is Project Beacon, Aether’s planned commercial-demonstration facility at Aster Pulau Bukom refinery in Singapore.

The facility is designed to use the Aether Aurora technology platform to convert industrial waste gas and biomethane into CORSIA-certified SAF, with expected output of up to 50 barrels of fuel per day, or approximately 2,000 metric tons per year, and lifecycle greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions reductions anticipated to exceed 70 percent versus conventional jet fuel.

Construction expected to start in 2026, with commercial operations targeted for 2028.

Aether said Project Beacon is intended to demonstrate a more feedstock-flexible route to production using waste carbon.

Aether added that its Aurora technology can use a wide range of waste-carbon feedstocks and aims to deliver higher yields at lower capital intensity.

“That first-of-a-kind positioning is central to why the proposed collaboration matters,” Aether stated. “If next-generation production is to scale, downstream infrastructure must also become more adaptable, modular and market-responsive.”

FlyORO’s role in the collaboration centers on downstream enablement.

The company will contribute its modular-blending expertise to assess how flexible, on-demand blending could complement Project Beacon and future Aether projects.

FlyORO’s AlphaLite system—first launched in Singapore as the world’s first modular SAF blending system—is designed to integrate with existing fuel infrastructure and enable scalable, site-deployable blending capability closer to the point of use.

The platform also draws on operational experience from FlyORO’s 2025 deployment with Wagner Sustainable Fuels and Boeing at Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport in Queensland, Australia.

“Singapore is one of the few markets where advanced fuel production, airport demand, logistics capability and policy momentum can come together at meaningful speed,” said FlyORO CEO Jonathan Yeo. “Through this MOU, we want to explore how smarter downstream infrastructure can complement next-generation SAF production and help make supply more flexible, transparent and practical for the local market.”

Aether Founder and CEO Conor Madigan added, “Project Beacon is intended to demonstrate Aether’s breakthrough Aurora technology in commercial operation and unlock new and more abundant waste-carbon feedstocks for SAF production. Working with FlyORO on this project gives us an opportunity to evaluate how downstream blending and supply-chain innovation can support commercialization in Singapore and accelerate overall SAF industry development.”

The proposed collaboration also reflects the strength of Singapore’s clean-energy innovation ecosystem.

By bringing together advanced conversion technology and modular downstream-blending expertise in the same market, FlyORO and Aether aim to explore practical solutions that can expand SAF availability, diversify aviation-energy pathways through sustainable fuels, and reinforce Singapore’s role as a launchpad for scalable decarbonization solutions.

The MOU is nonbinding and nonexclusive, and any future collaboration would remain subject to further technical, commercial, regulatory and definitive-agreement discussions between the parties.