PECOS, Texas – Infinium, a producer of commercially available eFuels, announced that it began construction on its second U.S.-based eFuels production site, known as Project Roadrunner.
Infinium expects the site, located in Reeves County, Texas, to become the world’s largest eFuels production facility when operational. The company noted that it would produce 7.6 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and other eFuel products for customers, including American Airlines and IAG, the owner of British Airways, Aer Lingus and other international airline brands.
“Not only will the project produce commercial eSAF for its customers, it will bring highly skilled jobs and economic growth to the Pecos community and state of Texas,” Infinium CEO Robert Schuetzle said.
Infinium’s Project Roadrunner facility will convert waste CO2 and renewable energy to produce sustainable aviation fuel, leveraging new renewable power assets purpose-built for the project. The company will sell the fuels in the U.S. and export them to international markets.
Under an agreement with IAG, Infinium will ship the eSAF to the UK to satisfy compliance requirements under the recently enacted UK SAF Mandate, which requires that at least 10% of all jet fuel in flights taking off from the UK is sourced from sustainable feedstocks by 2030.
The company expects the facility to reach commercial operations in 2027. Roadrunner has secured 150 MW of new wind generation capacity from a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources through a long-term power purchase agreement.
eFuels are synthetic fuels, produced from waste CO2 and renewable energy that are chemically identical to conventional petroleum-based fuels. The transportation and chemical sectors use these drop-in fuels, integrating with existing engines, infrastructure and manufacturing processes.
In 2023, Infinium became the world’s first to produce and ship commercial volumes of eFuels to customers in the U.S. and Europe from its production facility, Project Pathfinder, in Corpus Christi, Texas.