Syntholene Hails EU’s New ~€2 billion SAF Subsidy as a Critical Catalyst in Europe’s Clean Aviation Fuel Adoption

Chicago, IL, June 18, 2025 – Syntholene Energy Corp (“Syntholene” or the “Company”), a leader in advanced fuel synthesis, today applauded the European Union’s landmark subsidy program, announced June 11, 2025, designed to spur procurement of over 200 million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The subsidy specifically singles out accelerating the scaling of synthetic fuel (“e-fuel” or “eSAF”) production as the key deliverable of the program.

This bold initiative, providing up to €6/litre for e-fuels and €0.50/litre for biofuels, will strategically leverage revenue from the sale of 20 million carbon emissions permits to bridge the cost gap to conventional kerosene. Aerospace Global News estimates the value of the subsidy at over .

This policy combines with the EU’s Consumption Mandate, requiring 2% SAF use by 2025, escalating to 6% by 2030, and increasing to 70% by 2050. Combined, these measures form a powerful double mechanism, stimulating both the production and the adoption of low-carbon aviation fuel.

“By aligning incentives on both the supply and demand sides, the EU is sending a clear signal: alternative fuels, singling out synthetic fuel (e-fuel), are the backbone of European aviation’s future.” Stated Dan Sutton, CEO of Syntholene.

Highlights of the Policy Package:

• Supply-Side Boost: Subsidies covering up to 216 million litres of e-fuel or 2.6 billion litres of biofuel reduce price barriers and accelerate production scale.
• Demand-Side Certainty: Mandatory SAF blending ensures carriers commit to long-term adoption to meet regulatory targets.
• Strategic EU Carbon-Market Integration: Redirecting allowances from emissions trading to fuel support shifts cost and risk away from airlines and towards cleaner energy.

Why This Matters for Syntholene:

As a front-runner in low-cost synthetic fuel production pathway development, Syntholene is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the EU’s dual policy thrust. Access to subsidies and mandated uptake lay the groundwork for an ideal environment for scaling up commercial-scale operations serving the European markets. This reinforcement of both buy and sell side market conditions underscores the Company’s strategic roadmap and enhances its ability to attract project-level equity partners.

About Syntholene:

Syntholene is commercializing a new pathway for high-efficiency fuel synthesis paired to dedicated, high temperature geothermal resources. The target output is molecularly-pure synthetic fuel, produced at a lower cost than fossil fuels, for the first time. The company’s mission is to deliver the world’s first truly high-performance, low-cost, and carbon-neutral synthetic fuel through its scalable modular production system.

Syntholene’s fuels are drop-in substitutable for conventional fossil fuels and can be used in existing engines, turbines, and pipelines without retrofit, enabling seamless integration. Syntholene’s power-to-liquid strategy harnesses high-temperature geothermal energy to power proprietary processes for hydrogen production and fuel synthesis. Syntholene has secured a 20MW energy offtake option partnership to support an effects-test and commercial scaleup targeting deployment in Q4 2025.

Syntholene’s founding team includes experienced developers of advanced energy infrastructure, including the Terrestrial Energy IMSR reactor, the Caldera green steel hydrogen facility, and the Senreq Syngas waste-to-energy plant. Syntholene’s engineers and executives bring decades of expertise in system design, infrastructure deployment, and regulatory navigation.

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Inquiries: info@syntholene.com

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