British Airways accelerates plan for UK-based SAF production
British Airways, along with LanzaJet and Nova Pangaea Technologies have signed an agreement to progress their Project Speedbird sustainable aviation fuel initiative.
As part of the agreement, British Airways’ parent company IAG, is investing in the project to support the next phase of development work.
Project Speedbird was initially launched by the three companies in 2021 and was granted nearly £500,000 by the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Green Fuels, Green Skies competition t.
This work is now complete and so the next stage of development can begin.
Once in operation, it would be the UK’s first SAF facility utilising agricultural and wood waste taken from sustainable sources.
Project Speedbird has now applied for the DfT’s Advanced Fuels Fund grant for additional funding, as the DfT seeks to roll out its recently announced Jet Zero strategy .
Under, Jet Zero a SAF mandate comes into force in 2025, which will require at least 10% of UK jet fuel to be SAF by 2030.
Project Speedbird would transform agricultural and wood waste taken from sustainable sources into 102 million litres of SAF per year.
Construction could begin as early as 2023 and the facility, which is planned to be built in North East England, is expected to be producing SAF by 2026.
British Airways intends to offtake all SAF produced through Project Speedbird to help power some of its flights.
The SAF produced would reduce CO2 emissions, on a net lifecycle basis, by 230,000 tonnes a year.
Carrie Harris, Director of Sustainability at British Airways, said: “Project Speedbird is another great step towards our mission to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner. With further investment and continued government support, Speedbird will be a key and pioneering project in the production of SAF here in the UK.”
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