Taonan
Taonan is an under construction sustainable aviation fuel project in Taonan, China, owned by Shanghai Electric. Its announced capacity is 250 thousand tonnes a year (312 million litres, 83 million US gallons), by the Power-to-liquid pathway. It is due to start in 2027. The record was read from the news by the reader (Hydrogen Insight, July 14, 2025) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- Shanghai Electric
- Place
- Taonan, China
- Pathway
- Power-to-liquid
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- under construction
- Announced capacity
- 250 thousand tonnes a year · 312.5 million litres · 82.6 million US gallons
- Due to start
- 2027
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: Shanghai Electric makes first green hydrogen-derived methanol from initial phase of multi-hundred-MW project: reports (Hydrogen Insight, 2025-07-14); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-17; not yet checked
Other plants and projects recorded with Shanghai Electric
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taonan | Taonan, China | under construction | 250 | 2027 |
In the news latest items naming Shanghai Electric
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, Taonan: sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/taonan-china, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].