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 |
In the news latest items naming Shell
- 2026-11-08 Shell's Moroccan SAF Bet, Greek LNG Pact and $10.8 Billion Quarter Collide With a Softer Crude Tape ad-hoc-news.de
- 2026-11-07 Shell Adds Moroccan SAF Offtake and Greek LNG Supply as Two Banks Lift Targets ad-hoc-news.de
- 2026-11-06 Shell Signs Exclusive Offtake Deal for Up to 150,000 Tonnes a Year of SAF from Planned $239 Million Moroccan Plant Avi-Go
- 2026-11-06 Egypt Hosts Green Sky Capital's SAF Plant Backed by Shell Offtake energynews.pro
- 2026-11-05 Shell’s New Green Jet-Fuel Deal: A Deep Dive into the $239 Million Moroccan Project Still Awaiting Financing Approval Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
- 2026-11-05 Morocco’s $240 million sustainable aviation fuel project secures Shell deal, positioning North Africa for aviation’s energy transition Africa Sustainability Matters
- 2026-11-05 Gulf airlines seek lower-cost route to cutting emissions Arabian Gulf Business Insight | AGBI
- 2026-11-04 Shell Secures Renewable Fuels From Green Sky's Planned Plant in Morocco energynews.pro
- 2026-11-04 Shell signs SAF offtake deal for planned Moroccan production facility Biofuels International Magazine
- 2026-11-04 UK energy giant Shell locks up as much as 75% of Morocco’s planned $239 million aviation-fuel output in 150,000-tonne annual deal Business Insider Africa
- 2026-11-03 Shell Secures Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply From Morocco’s Nador Refinery Barlaman Today
- 2026-11-03 Imperial reports record high renewable diesel production for Q3 Biodiesel Magazine
- 2026-11-03 Shell Agrees to Purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Nador Port Facility The North Africa Post
- 2026-11-03 Shell secures Moroccan SAF offtake pact with Green Sky Manara STAT Times
- 2026-11-03 Shell inks SAF offtake deal with Green Sky Manara Biofuels International Magazine
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 2026-11-11. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].