Shell (Wesseling)
Shell (Wesseling) is an operating sustainable aviation fuel plant in Wesseling, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, owned by Shell. Its announced capacity is 100 thousand tonnes a year (125 million litres, 33 million US gallons), by the Power-to-liquid pathway. It has been operating since 2025. The record comes from the SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news since.
The record
- Owner
- Shell
- Place
- Wesseling, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (50.82, 6.976)
- Pathway
- Power-to-liquid (recorded as "PtL")
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- operating
- Announced capacity
- 100 thousand tonnes a year · 125 million litres · 33 million US gallons
- Operating since
- 2025
- Where the record came from
- The SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news on 2025-05-29.
- Notes
- ; start_year from article:4047 (2021-03-03); status from article 8902 (2025-05-29)
Other plants and projects recorded with Shell
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell | Singapore | cancelled | 550 | 2023 |
| Shell (Rotterdam) | Rotterdam, Netherlands | cancelled | 436 | 2025 |
| Shell (Convent) | Convent, United States | planned | 410 | 2025 |
| Shell (Wesseling) | Wesseling, Germany | operating | 100 | 2025 |
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- 2026-09-24 How technology drives sustainable low-carbon fuel development Shell Global
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- 2026-09-17 Shell launches innovative solid-oxide electrolysis pilot targeting ‘more efficient’ e-SAF production Hydrogen Insight
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Capacity is as announced, a year, with tonnes counted at 0.8 kilograms per litre; a plant's own figure may differ. A record "settled by rule" was read from an article by the reader and checked only against the site's rules (a plausible size, a real owner, no duplicate), not by a person. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, Shell (Wesseling): sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/shell-wesseling, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].