Alternative fuels technology company LanzaJet Inc has chosen US-based Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) to carry out the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for its Project Speedbird in Teesside, United Kingdom, reports Renewables Now.
Developed in partnership with British Airways, Project Speedbird is a large-scale ethanol-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility that will produce more than 90,000 tonnes of SAF and renewable diesel annually. British Airways plans to use the green fuel to cut its carbon emissions by 230,000 tonnes each year, the equivalent of about 26,000 domestic flights.
The plant will use LanzaJet’s alcohol-to-jet technology, which converts second-generation ethanol made from agricultural waste and woody biomass into sustainable aviation fuel. This same technology is already being used commercially at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia, USA.
Project Speedbird has received GBP 10 million (USD 13.1 million / EUR 11.4 million) in support from the UK government’s Advanced Fuels Fund.
