New Immingham project will see black bin waste into aviation fuel
The new facility will create hundreds of jobs
An Immingham firm has won a share of 165 million pounds to develop cutting edge technology - which will turn black bin bag waste into sustainable aviation fuel
It's part of the UK's push to slash carbon emission from aviation
The new facility will create hundreds of jobs operations should begin in 2028.
The Government's awarded Velocys PLC £27 million to develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility.
Guilt free transport could become a reality
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said:
“Using waste or by-products to refuel airliners sounds like a flight of fancy, but thanks to £165 million of Government funding it’s going to help us make guilt-free flying a reality.
“It’s exactly this kind of innovation that will help us create thousands of green jobs across the country and slash our carbon emissions.”
Major jobs boost
Tim Alderslade, Chief Executive of Airlines UK, said:
“The Jet Zero Strategy was a real statement of intent from Government that aviation, without the carbon, is an achievable end goal by 2050.
This £165m of funding - alongside the 10% SAF mandate by 2030 shows the Government shares our ambition of a home-grown SAF industry here in the UK.
This could generate tens of thousands of jobs and huge GVA, levelling-up and exports potential for the UK. It's a big prize and one we are committed to working with Ministers to achieve."
Immingham plant already has planning permission
Henrik Wareborn, Chief Executive Officer, Velocys, said:
“Velocys is delighted to receive two grant awards from the Advanced Fuels Fund, which will help to accelerate the production of SAF at commercial scale in the UK using our technology.
The Altalto grant will allow us to begin FEED for our waste-to-SAF plant in Immingham, which already has planning permission.
The e-fuels grant allows us to work with our partners to explore the UK-based production of Power-to-Liquid SAF.”