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Zak Mir caught up with Howard White, Chairman of Hydrogen Utopia, to discuss the company’s strategy and progress in the fast-evolving hydrogen and clean energy space.Hydrogen Utopia International PLC (LON: HUI) has identified a substantial opportunity in the MENA region, with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia, to deploy its proprietary InEnTec technology for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrogen-derived diesel from waste streams.Preliminary financial modelling indicates potential internal rates of return in the high teens for projects requiring minimum capital investment of around US$800m per facility. Under the proposed structure, HUI could retain a 10–20% free-carry equity interest, alongside management fee income commencing from the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase.The strategy is underpinned by expectations of SAF demand growth in the MENA region exceeding a 40% compound annual growth rate through the 2030s, driven by airline decarbonisation targets and a constraine