One of the company’s industry leading solutions – Honeywell UOP eFining™ – recently won the Energy Transition Solution of the Year award at the World Refining Association’s European Refining Technology Conference for its contribution to low-carbon energy production.
This award recognizes projects that modernize refining to produce low-carbon fuels such as green hydrogen and biofuels. Advanced eFuel technology merges green hydrogen and carbon dioxide to make eMethanol, which can be converted into eSAF, eGasoline, and eDiesel—fuel options with reduced environmental impact for different industries.
With the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projected to rise to 7.6 billion gallons over the next decade1, fuel producers are increasingly prioritizing innovative technologies and flexible production methods to meet this growing demand while overcoming obstacles like feedstock limitations and cost barriers.
Honeywell is tackling these challenges by developing innovative process technologies and end-to-end solutions to help make these projects a reality. With solutions that integrate into existing refinery systems, the industry can more efficiently and responsibly boost SAF production, supporting the aviation industry's general move toward reduced carbon emissions.
The eFining process technology enables the production of aviation fuel from methanol, offering up to 88% lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional jet fuel2.
Honeywell has offered renewable and alternative fuel process technologies for over a decade. Its portfolio includes UOP eFining, Ecofining, Ethanol to Jet, FT Unicracking®, and Biocrude Upgrading, which transforms agricultural and forestry waste into fuels for sectors like maritime and aviation.
Honeywell renewable fuel technologies allow refiners to leverage proven solutions that can be integrated with existing infrastructure, enabling refineries to produce alternative fuels without making a significant investment in capital infrastructure. For example, over the past decade, improvements in our Ecofining technology have helped reduce the cost to produce one gallon of SAF by 25%3.
Learn more about Honeywell’s renewable fuels portfolio here:
https://uop.honeywell.com/en/industry-solutions/renewable-fuels.
1 BloombergNEF April 2025 research
2 Reduced GHG emissions is based on UOP carbon intensity analysis, derived from a 3rd-party study of bio-methanol production from green hydrogen and CO2 captured from biomass processing, in comparison to fossil fuels.
3 Based on Honeywell internal data
