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Metafuels wins €1.92M Dutch grant to advance its Rotterdam e-SAF plant

This article was published on April 1, 2026 The Swiss startup’s Turbe project at the Evos terminal in the Port of Rotterdam will be the first commercial deployment of its aerobrew methanol-to-jet technology, and a blueprint for large-scale e-SAF production across Europe. Metafuels, the Swiss aviation technology company developing synthetic sustainable aviation fuel, has been awarded €1.92 million in grant funding from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency under its TSE Industry Studies, Hydrogen & Green Chemistry programme (GroenvermogenNL). The grant goes to Metafuels’ Dutch subsidiary, Metafuels Nederland B.V., to advance the development of the Turbe project, the company’s first commercial e-SAF facility, located at the Evos terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. The funding covers front-end engineering and design (FEED), permitting and consents, and commercial preparation ahead of a final investment decision (FID) targeted for mid-2026. Metafuels’ core technology, aerobrew, converts renewable methanol into drop-in jet fuel using a methanol-to-jet process the company says delivers up to 90% lower lifecycle emissions than conventional kerosene, with no modifications required to existing a

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