Stage 1: POC
Modular FT and upgrading package using existing hydrogen and CO₂ sources where possible. Focus: fuel quality, certification, operating data and offtake interest.
TomagoSAF.com.au
Australian-made sustainable aviation fuel for a sovereign transport future.
Tomago SAF Pty Ltd is advancing a staged SAF production platform in the Hunter/Newcastle industrial corridor — converting water, captured carbon and clean energy into drop-in aviation fuel and co-products for Australia’s aviation, defence and logistics sectors.
Feasibility target
50,000 tpa
SAF demonstration platform, scalable by design
The opportunity
A practical pathway from concept chemistry to national fuel capability.
Australia has the industrial base, ports, aviation demand, engineering capability and strategic need to build a domestic SAF industry. Tomago SAF is designed as a disciplined first step: prove the process, certify the product, train the workforce and scale only when the economics are bankable.
SAFDrop-in fuel pathway
H₂ + CO₂Synthetic fuel inputs
HunterIndustrial anchor region
Export-readyPort and logistics focus
Technology
Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, staged for Australian deployment.
The platform uses hydrogen and carbon monoxide-rich syngas to produce synthetic hydrocarbons. The fuel slate can be upgraded into sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, naphtha, waxes and other co-products.
The proof-of-concept does not require nuclear power. It can begin with contracted renewable or grid electricity, externally supplied hydrogen, industrial CO₂ and modular production trains before later integration with dedicated clean power.
- 1Water + electricityElectrolysis produces hydrogen and oxygen.
- 2Captured CO₂Industrial, biogenic or future direct-air carbon sources.
- 3Syngas productionCO₂ and H₂ are converted into CO + H₂ syngas.
- 4Cobalt FT catalystSyngas becomes synthetic hydrocarbons.
- 5Fuel upgradingHydroprocessing and blending create SAF-ready product.
Feasibility project
A smaller, bankable demonstration before national scale.
Stage 2: Demonstration
Target approximately 50,000 tonnes per annum SAF-equivalent production with expanded utilities, storage, logistics and quality systems.
Stage 3: Scale
Replicate or expand into a larger Hunter/Newcastle SAF and renewable diesel platform connected to road, rail, port and airport demand.
Locations
Designed around existing industrial strength.
Primary focus: Tomago–Newcastle–Williamtown corridor
The preferred development logic places production near heavy industry, skilled labour, power infrastructure, road and rail corridors, Port of Newcastle logistics and aviation demand at Williamtown/Newcastle Airport.
- Proximity to transport fuel demand and export logistics
- Access to existing industrial land and services
- Potential for staged expansion from POC to commercial production
- Strong regional narrative: jobs, fuel security and industrial renewal
Investor proposition
Less speculation. More staged proof.
Fuel security
Supports a domestic aviation fuel capability and reduces reliance on imported liquid fuels.
Regional industry
Creates an investable clean-fuels project anchored in an established industrial corridor.
Scalable technology
Begins with a manageable POC before moving to integrated hydrogen and larger SAF trains.
Export potential
Positions Newcastle and the Hunter as a clean fuels and logistics platform for Australia and the region.
Enquiries
Discuss investment, partnership or site participation.
Tomago SAF Pty Ltd welcomes confidential enquiries from investors, infrastructure partners, technology providers, industrial landholders and strategic offtake participants.