The UK has taken another step towards its goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions and helping its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by awarding five projects a share of the £165m Advanced Fuels Fund.
Together, the initiatives are expected to produce over 300,000 tonnes of SAF a year - enough to fly to the Moon and back an estimated 60 times - and slash CO2 emissions by an average of 200,000 tonnes each year, which would be the equivalent of taking 100,000 cars off the road.
The successful projects include SAF plants in Teesside, Immingham and Ellesmere Port, which will convert everyday household and commercial waste, such as black bin bags, into sustainable jet fuel.
In addition, a project in Port Talbot, south Wales, will convert steel mill off-gases into fuel and another scheme will develop a plant creating fuel using carbon captured from a gas-fired power station and hydrogen made from renewable electricity.
“Using waste or by-products to refuel...