alfanar brings green jobs and investment to Teeside
The UK Government has awarded alfanar £2.4 million (€2.8 million) to develop its site in Tees Valley that will process household and commercial waste and turn it into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The funding from Department for Transport (DfT) will help the project, called Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF), to start the “front-end engineering and design” (FEED) stage of development.
The site in the Tees Valley has already been acquired and commercial operations are planned to commence within five years. The project will utilise innovative technologies and alfanar aims to be the first company to produce SAF from waste at scale in the UK.
The funds were awarded by the DfT through their Green Fuels, Green Skies initiative.
The investment forms part of the Government’s levelling-up agenda, as the project will also create over 700 jobs during construction and around 240 full-time jobs once it is fully operational.
The innovative waste-to-liquid (WtL) process destined for the Teesside plant utilises gasification and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to convert household and commercial waste - otherwise destined for landfill or incineration - into SAF.
SAF generated by the LGF plant has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 80% when compared to their fossil fuel equivalent. When coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS) the SAF produced by the plant could achieve negative emissions.
Mr Jamal Wadi, CEO of alfanar global development said: “With this grant from the Department for Transport, alfanar will start bringing new jobs and new skills to the northeast and aim to be the first company in the UK to produce sustainable aviation fuel at scale. We believe alfanar and Lighthouse Green Fuels can help the UK lead the way in decarbonising the aviation sector.”
The funding from Department for Transport (DfT) will help the project, called Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF), to start the “front-end engineering and design” (FEED) stage of development.
The site in the Tees Valley has already been acquired and commercial operations are planned to commence within five years. The project will utilise innovative technologies and alfanar aims to be the first company to produce SAF from waste at scale in the UK.
The funds were awarded by the DfT through their Green Fuels, Green Skies initiative.
The investment forms part of the Government’s levelling-up agenda, as the project will also create over 700 jobs during construction and around 240 full-time jobs once it is fully operational.
The innovative waste-to-liquid (WtL) process destined for the Teesside plant utilises gasification and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to convert household and commercial waste - otherwise destined for landfill or incineration - into SAF.
SAF generated by the LGF plant has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 80% when compared to their fossil fuel equivalent. When coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS) the SAF produced by the plant could achieve negative emissions.
Mr Jamal Wadi, CEO of alfanar global development said: “With this grant from the Department for Transport, alfanar will start bringing new jobs and new skills to the northeast and aim to be the first company in the UK to produce sustainable aviation fuel at scale. We believe alfanar and Lighthouse Green Fuels can help the UK lead the way in decarbonising the aviation sector.”
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