Kenya Airways has signed an MOU with Rubis Energy Kenya to develop what the partners describe as Africa’s first Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) refinery.
The agreement was finalised in the presence of Kenyan President, William Ruto, and French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The project, which will see the refinery constructed near Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, establishes a framework for the joint engineering, financing, and operation of the facility. It is expected to produce low-carbon fuel from local waste feedstocks and have a production capacity of 32 000 tonnes.
“Currently, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport consumes 2.9 million litres of jet fuel every day, an amount equal to filling the tanks of 52 727 family cars,” said George Kamal, Acting CEO of Kenya Airways. “While we currently depend entirely on imports, this refinery allows us to produce a sustainable, local version of that fuel.”
