The Flying Forest Process
Turning Forestry Waste Into Sustainable Fuels
A dependable solution for decarbonizing aviation
Flying Forest converts forestry waste into sustainable aviation fuel, reducing lifecycle eCO₂ emissions by up to 80% and addressing critical supply shortages. With trusted, scalable technologies Flying Forest delivers a dependable solution for decarbonizing aviation.
Flying Forest has selected the city of Isalmi in Finland to build its first bio-oils facility. Islami has an abundance of sustainable waste biomass for feedstock and is will well located for logistics and offtake partnerships and are fully supportive of this project.
Flying Forest utilizes proven, scalable Fischer-Tropsch technology to convert forestry waste into sustainable aviation fuel, reducing lifecycle CO₂ emissions by up to 80% while ensuring fuel quality and regulatory compliance.
First Phase: Gasification
Sustainable forestry waste sourced from the sawmills of Finland, such as sawdust and wood chips, is thermally converted into a gas through a process called gasification.
During gasification, the biomass is heated in a low-oxygen environment, breaking it down into a purified synthesis gas (syngas) composed mainly of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H₂).
Second Phase: Fuel Synthesis
Purified syngas is introduced into a Fischer-Tropsch reactor where, under controlled temperature and pressure, the syngas molecules combine to form liquid hydrocarbons, creating a synthetic fuel which is refined to meet ASTM D7566 standards for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
SAF can be blended with conventional jet fuel or used as a drop-in replacement, reducing lifecycle CO₂ emissions.