Spanish firm Técnicas Reunidas awarded FEED contract for eSAF project in Sweden
Técnicas Reunidas announced Nov. 10 that it has obtained the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the development of an industrial-scale electro sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) plant that the company Alby PtX plans to build in the town of Alby, in the Swedish municipality of Ånge.
The plant is designed to produce around 66,000 tons of eSAF per year using a power-to-liquid process that will transform renewable electricity, water and captured carbon dioxide into eSAF.
In this way, the facility will make a significant contribution to Europe’s decarbonization goals.
Under the FEED contract, Técnicas Reunidas will be responsible for the integration of the engineering for the entire production process.
Green hydrogen, produced through electrolysis, will serve as a key intermediate product.
In the facility’s processing core, the hydrogen, combined with carbon dioxide, will be transformed into synthetic crude before being refined into the final product.
The process includes reverse water-gas conversion (eRWGS), Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, hydrocarbon enrichment and associated treatment units.
Furthermore, the design incorporates a naphtha recycling system to maximize carbon utilization, overall process efficiency and eSAF production yield.
The preengineering of patented technologies provided by the main licensors will lay the technical foundations for the FEED phase.
“The selection of Técnicas Reunidas marks a key milestone in advancing our Alby project towards a final-investment decision (FID),” said Lars Bjørn Larsen, a member of the Alby PtX Board and CEO of Norsk e-Fuel. “The FEED phase will provide the engineering foundation for a plant designed to produce 66,000 tons of synthetic aviation fuel per year, contributing to the decarbonization of aviation and solidifying Sweden’s position as a producer of sustainable fuels.”
For his part, Gonzalo Pardo, a commercial director with Técnicas Reunidas, emphasized that “this award reinforces Técnicas Reunidas’ position as a leading engineering and construction company in the energy-transition sector and further consolidates its growing portfolio of sustainable fuels, hydrogen and ‘Power-to-X’ projects across Europe.”
The signed contract represents the first step towards the subsequent preparation of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
This will allow Técnicas Reunidas to carry out the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up of the plant once Alby PtX has made a positive FID.
With this award, Técnicas Reunidas extends its presence in the European market, as it is the first contract that the Spanish company has obtained in Sweden.
On the other hand, the contract is part of one of the main pillars of the company’s strategic plan, which is the strengthening of obtaining contracts focused on engineering services and project management.
Throughout 2026, Técnicas Reunidas will achieve project awards of this type amounting to approximately 400-million euros (USD$443.9 million), which will allow it to confirm its objective of reaching 500-million euros (USD$554.9 million) in revenue from the development of these activities in 2028.
