Sustainable jet fuel factory wins government backing
British Airways and its partners on a project for a new plant that produces sustainable aviation fuel have secured £9 million in government funding.
Project Speedbird — the carrier’s joint partnership with Nova Pangaea Technologies and LanzaJet, the green fuel businesses — won the funds from the Advanced Fuels Fund competition.
Sustainable aviation fuel is produced from sources such as agricultural waste and used cooking oil. It cuts carbon emissions, but at present is several times more expensive to produce than traditional jet fuel.
Nova Pangaea Technologies will provide biofuels to a plant run on technology developed by LanzaJet that will convert them into sustainable fuel for the airline. The facility aims to produce 102 million litres of sustainable fuel per year, which would decrease
