Heliogen, a provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy technology, has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with sustainable fuels-focused Dimensional Energy to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to a news release.
The project is located at Heliogen’s concentrated solar thermal demonstration facility in Lancaster, California. This collaboration aims to create a reserve of jet fuel created from sunlight and air.
The companies will work to deploy Heliogen’s proprietary, artificial AI-powered HelioHeat technology to convert sunlight directly into thermal energy in the form of high temperature steam and air that will be used to produce green hydrogen for Dimensional Energy’s Reactor platform.
The hydrogen will be produced using Heliogen’s concentrated solar technology. The LOI includes a goal of building a fully integrated ~1 barrel per day drop-in ready SAF demonstration. The parties expect the demonstration project to be a first step to develop a pipeline for approximately 3m barrels of fuel over the next ten years.
Dimensional Energy has signed a commercial agreement to supply United Airlines with 300 million gallons of SAF over 20 years.
