July 23, 2025 [Ethanol Producer Magazine]- The U.K. Department for Transport on July 22 awarded £63 million ($82.22 million) to 17 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) companies through the governments’ Advanced Fuels Fund. The funding is expected to support approximately 1,400 jobs.

The Advanced Fuel Fund competition provides grants to first-of-a-kind commercial and demonstration-scale projects in the U.K. All selected projects have demonstrated their potential to produce SAF capable of reducing emissions by more than 65% on a lifecycle basis when used in place of conventional fossil jet fuel.

The 17 projects awarded funding on July 22 include:

• £8 million to Alfanar Energy Ltd. (Lighthouse Green Fuels) to support the development of a commercial scale plant that uses torrefaction with gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology to convert sawmill and forestry residues into SAF.
• £3 million to Altalto Ltd. (Altalto Immingham) to support the development of a commercial-scale plant that uses gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into SAF.
• £2.6 million to British Sugar PLC (British BioJet) to support the development of a commercial-sale plant that uses ethanol-to-jet technology to convert sugar beet betaine residue bioethanol into SAF.
• £6 million to Carbon Neutral Fuels Ltd. (ASAP-DAC) to support the development of a commercial-scale plant that uses solid electrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology to convert low carbon electricity and CO2 from direct air capture and biogenic sources into SAF.
• £1 million to Equilibrion Ltd. (Eq.flight) to support the development of a demonstration plant that uses solid oxide electrolysis, reverse water-as shift and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology to convert direct air capture CO2, local heat sources and nuclear electricity into SAF.
• £3 million to Equinor Low Carbon U.K. Ltd. (The Humber SAF Project) to support the development of a commercial plant that uses methanol-to-jet technology to convert biomethanol and renewable e-methanol into SAF.
• £2.5 million to Essar Oil (U.K.) Ltd. / ETT Fuels (Stanlow Methanol-to-Jet) to support the development of a large commercial plant that uses methanol-to-jet technology to convert renewable e-methanol and biomethanol into SAF.
• £5 million to ETFuels U.K. Ltd. (Project SkyFuel Teesside) to support the development of a commercial-scale plant that uses methanol synthesis and methanol-to-jet technology to convert biogenic CO2 and green hydrogen into SAF.
• £10 million to LanzaJet U.K. Ltd. (Project Speedbird) to support the development of a commercial-scale plant that uses ethanol-to-jet technology to convert advanced bioethanol into SAF.
• £6.4 million to LanzaTech U.K. Ltd. (DRAGON 1&2) to support the development of two commercial-scale plants that use ethanol-to-jet technology. One facility will convert recycled carbon fuel ethanol into SAF. The other will use partial reverse waster-gas shift and fermentation not turn waste CO2 sources and green hydrogen into ethanol for subsequent conversion into power-to-liquid SAF.
• £2 million to NorthPointe Energy Ltd. (Project Northpoint) to support the development of a commercial-scale plant that uses gasification and Fischer-Tropsch technology to convert refuse derived fuel into SAF.
• £3.1 million to OXCCU TECH Ltd. (OXCCU) to support the deployment of a small demonstration plant that uses combined catalysis technology to convert biogenic CO2 and green hydrogen into SAF.
• £1.5 million to Power2X Solutions U.K. Ltd. (eFuels Humber) to support the development of a large commercial plant that uses methanol-to-jet technology to convert renewable e-methanol and biomethanol into SAF.
• £4.2 million to SuMo Engineering Ltd. (CLEARSKIES) to support the development of an end-to-end demo plant using advanced gasification, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and gas reforming technology to convert waste to SAF.
• £1.5 million to the University of Sheffield (NEXTGEN-SAF) to support the development of a demonstration plant that uses biogas-fueled molten carbonate fuel cell technology for industrial biogenic CO2 capture, combine with renewable electrolysis, reverse water-gas shift and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology to produce SAF.
• £2.9 million to Willis Sustainable Fuels (U.K.) Ltd. (Teesside Carbonshift SAF Project) to support the development of a small commercial-scale plant that uses autothermal reforming and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology to convert residue-derived biomethane into SAF.
• £3.5 million to Zero Petroleum Ltd. (Fuelling Zero) to support the development of a small commercial plant that uses reverse water-gas shift and novel Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology to convert biogenic CO2 and green hydrogen into high blend SAF.

Additional information is available on the U.K. Department for Transport website.