LanzaTech’s waste gas-to-SAF facility receives £25M grant from UK Department for Transport Advanced Fuels Fund | Daily News Byte

London–(Business Wire)–Plans for the world’s first commercial-scale factory to convert waste gases into sustainable jet fuel moved a step closer today. LanzaTech UK Ltd., LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (“LanzaTech”), a subsidiary of an innovative carbon capture and transformation (“CCT”) company, has announced that its DRAGON facility project has received a £25M (~$31M) grant. From the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuel Fund Competition. LanzaTech’s project DRAGON, which stands for decarbonizing and Rimagination avation for GAll Of Netzero will convert waste gases into synthetic kerosene for use in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

With the funding, the project will complete the engineering and project development in collaboration with Dragon Flour Corporation and Technip Energy, which is required to reach the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the complete Waste Gas to SAF project. The proposed plant, which will be located in Port Talbot, South Wales, is expected to produce 102 million liters of ATJ synthetic paraffinic kerosene (ATJ-SPK) per annum, which is blended with kerosene to form SAF, representing ~1% of UK annual . jet fuel demand and making a significant contribution towards the UK’s mandate to supply 10% of total annual jet fuel demand in the UK with SAF by 2030.

“We must accelerate the deployment of SAF plants in the UK,” said LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren. “We are excited that Project Dragon has been recognized for its ability to generate results and create new jobs while producing the quantities of SAF much needed by a sector with limited options today. I would like to thank the UK Department for Transport for its continued support and leadership in validating new technologies that can have a real impact in the UK and beyond.”

Jonathan Counsell, Group Head of Sustainability at IAG said: “Investing in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is one of the best opportunities to decarbonize our industry. We are delighted that Project Dragon has received significant financial support from the Department for Transport Advanced Fuel Fund in the UK.”

“IAG has committed US $865 million in SAF purchases and investments, including supporting the first-of-its-kind LanzaJet ethanol-to-jet plant being built in the US. With the right policy support to encourage further investment, the UK could build several SAF plants over the next decade, creating 6,500 jobs and saving three million tonnes of CO2 per year, as well as improving the UK’s energy security.

“The UK SAF industry needs to deliver 10% of SAF by 2030, said Holly Boyd-Boland, VP of Corporate Development at Virgin Atlantic. “Today’s award of DFT’s Advanced Fuels Fund will take us a step further to prove the technology works and attract the private investment needed to finance these plants. Virgin Atlantic and LanzaTech have a long history of collaboration on SAF and we look forward to continuing our efforts to manufacture, procure and fly SAF from the UK.”

“Karen Jones, CEO of Neath Port Talbot Council, said, “We are delighted to be part of a project that has the potential to transform our local economy – and the aviation industry as a whole. “The aviation sector urgently needs solutions and this is a great example of how innovation across multiple sectors can support a homegrown sustainable aviation industry, here in Neath Port Talbot.”

The feedstock for the planned facility will be waste gas, which will likely include Tata Steel’s nearby steelworks in Port Talbot. This will be converted through LanzaTech’s gas fermentation platform to produce ethanol as feedstock for the ATJ facility. LanzaTech selected Floor Corporation, a leading global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm, to provide front end engineering and design (FEED) services for this portion of the project. “With more than 110 years in the industry, Fluor brings world-class front-end engineering and EPC firm experience to help LanzaTech deploy its technology,” said Jason Krenek, president of Production and Fuels, Fluor Corporation.

In a second step the ethanol will be converted to SAF using the LanzaJet™ alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) process, which includes Technip Energies ‘ethanol to ethylene’ Hummingbird™ technology. This will be the world’s first commercial scale integration of gas fermentation (GF) and ATJ to produce SAF with over 70% GHG reduction compared to conventional jet fuel.

A spokesperson for Tata Steel in the UK said: “Achieving our ambition to build CO₂ A neutral steel involves looking at all ways to reduce our emissions, or in this case, potentially converting some of our waste gases into useful products like jet fuel.”

Bhaskar Patel, Technip Energies – SVP Sustainable Fuels, Chemicals and Circularity said “We are excited to have our teams in the UK partner with LanzaTech™ on this journey to help decarbonise the UK aviation industry. The implementation of T.EN’s Hummingbird™ technology integrated into the LanzaJet™ ATJ process provides a ‘best-in-class’ technology pathway for converting ethanol to SAF.

LanzaJet CEO Jimmy Samartzis said: “Project DRAGON will contribute around 10% of the overall UK mandate for the SAF by 2030. That is significant, and government leadership like this is paving the way for emerging industries like SAF to achieve these ambitious and necessary goals. LanzaJet’s alcohol-to-jet technology combined with LanzaTech’s gas fermentation process is changing how we think about the circular economy around the world and drive decarbonization for aviation. We are thrilled to partner with LanzaTech on this work and are grateful for this support from the UK Department for Transport.”

The Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuel Fund (AFF) competition was established to support the UK advanced fuel sector in the development and commercial deployment of innovative fuel production technologies capable of significantly reducing near-term UK aviation emissions, strengthening the UK project pipeline and expanding technology options. to do

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Skokie, Ill. Headquartered in, LanzaTech transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, textiles, packaging and other products. Using a variety of waste feedstocks, LanzaTech’s technology platform illuminates a future where consumers are no longer dependent on virgin fossil feedstocks for everything in their daily lives. LanzaTech’s mission is to challenge and change the way the world uses carbon, enabling a new circular carbon economy where carbon is reused instead of wasted, skies and oceans are kept clean and pollution becomes a thing of the past.

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