SAF-from-waste innovators Firefly wins industry award

Firefly has won the Innovation of the Year award at this year’s WWT Water Industry Awards.

Firefly were recognised for their innovative process that transforms biosolids, a by-product of water treatment, into highly sustainable biofuels, including SAF.

The British company, which has developed a process to convert processed human sewage into fuel, have secured a raft of new MOU agreements signed with key industrial partners including Haltermann Carless, Petrofac, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) and Anglian Water.

Haltermann Carless, a global leader in sustainable hydrocarbon production, is the owner of a specialist refinery site in Harwich where Firefly will soon build a pilot facility, followed by a planned first-of-a-kind commercial-scale plant shortly thereafter.

The company has also announced a partnership with Chevron Lumus Global (CLG), a leading technology provider in the renewable transportation fuels industry.

CLG will provide bespoke refinery infrastructure, designed to optimize efficiency and flexibility while minimising emissions for Firefly’s commercial-scale plant.

A further agreement has been reached with utility company Anglian Water which has committed to provide Firefly with the waste that will be used as feedstock for the planned pilot facility.