Johnson Matthey sees clean fuel tech ‘hypergrowth’
Demand for technology and components deployed in the SAF and blue hydrogen sectors is booming, UK-based company tells Carbon Economist
Demand for technology used in the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and blue hydrogen sectors has accelerated into a phase of “hypergrowth” as global production of the clean fuels scales up globally, according to Maurits van Tol, chief executive of Catalyst Technologies at Johnson Matthey. “Demand for blue hydrogen technology and anything related to SAF is booming,” van Tol told Carbon Economist in an interview. “We call it hyper-scaling—not fast growth, but hypergrowth.” Maurits van Tol, chief executive of catalyst technologies at Johnson Matthey Policies mandating increased SAF use are key drivers of growth. Meeting the UK’s target of 1

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