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Velocys Projects Ltd
Grant offer: £2,381,000
The Altalto project is being developed by Velocys and British Airways, to build a commercial waste-to-SAF plant in Immingham, Lincolnshire. Altalto will take hundreds of thousands of tonnes per year of black bag waste and convert it into SAF using gasification and FT technology. The project has received planning consent from North East Lincolnshire Council and funding will support progress towards FEED.
Green Fuels, Green Skies (GFGS) competition: winners
www.gov.uk
The winning proposals for the Green Fuels, Green Skies (GFGS) competition were announced on 3 December 2021. Each organisation will receive a share of £15 million for the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production plants in the UK.
Winning organisationsAdvanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd
Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd (ABSL) will work with a British refinery and British engineering company to produce a detailed engineering design for a new facility in Cheshire. The plant will use gasification and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to convert 133,000 tonnes of waste a year into a biocrude that can be upgraded to aviation fuel.
Awarded £2,054,000.
alfanar Energy Ltd
The alfanar’s lighthouse green fuels (LGF) project, located in Tees Valley, will use gasification and FT technology to convert household and commercial waste into around 180 million litres of SAF and naphtha. The project is currently completing design optimisation work ahead of starting front end engineering design (FEED) by the end of 2021.
Awarded £2,417,500.
Fulcrum BioEnergy Ltd
The Fulcrum NorthPoint project, being developed at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, will use proven technology and processes based on the company’s first commercial-scale facility currently being commissioned in the US. Once fully operational, NorthPoint will convert residual waste into around 100 million litres of SAF using gasification and FT technology. Funding will support the FEED stage of project work.
Awarded £1,372,957.
Green Fuels Research Ltd
The firefly project is a joint endeavour between Green Fuels, Petrofac and Cranfield University that aims to demonstrate and certify a technology route to SAF from sewage sludge, a fully biogenic, UK-derived waste feedstock. Funding will support the project’s pre-FEED development stage.
Awarded £1,940,255.
Lanzatech UK Ltd
Funding will support the FEED stage of a proposed Lanzatech facility, located in Port Talbot, South Wales. The facility will produce over 100 million litres a year of SAF, using ethanol from biogenic wastes and industry flue gases, with the potential to support significant jobs in the area.
Awarded £3,152,619.
Lanzatech UK Ltd and Carbon Engineering
This feasibility study project proposes the integration of innovative technologies to produce over 100 million litres per year of SAF. Carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from the atmosphere using Carbon Engineering’s direct air capture (DAC) technology, and hydrogen from water electrolysis, will be converted into SAF using LanzaTech’s gas fermentation and LanzaJetTM’s alcohol-to-jet technology developed by LanzaTech and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Project members British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will study offtake potential and go-to-market routes for the fuel.
Awarded £340,674.
Nova Pangaea Technologies (UK) Ltd
This feas
Here's hoping .......
Immingham, one of eight projects selected
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-fuels-green-skies-gfgs-competition/green-fuels-green-skies-gfgs-competition-shortlisted-proposals
EU developments .....
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/delivering-european-green-deal_en
Immingham gets a mention....
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002285/decarbonising-transport-a-better-greener-britain.pdf
Targeting net zero - next steps for the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1001880/targeting-net-zero-next-steps-for-the-renewable-transport-fuels-obligation-government-response.pdf
Also, expect to hear about the government's Green Skies competition by 31st July. You never know, might win a few pennies.
Outcome of the RTFO consultation due soon. Hopefully will make the waste to fuel concept commercially viable
ha, ha!
You had me going for a minute then :-)
Good to have opposing views and generate debate. This helps make informed decisions.
It does
its just for electric and hydrogen aircraft
Target date has been set for SAF policy implementation as November 2021.
https://www.sustainableaviation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Sustainable-Aviation-Interim-Decarbonisation-Targets-Infographic.pdf
UK AVIATION INDUSTRY STRENGTHENS COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING NET ZERO AND LAUNCHES FIRST INTERIM DECARBONISATION TARGETS
https://www.sustainableaviation.co.uk/news/uk-aviation-industry-strengthens-commitment-to-achieving-net-zero-and-launches-first-interim-decarbonisation-targets/
I know....... snail pace
Loosely
In their investor presentation they have said
"Federal loan guarantee application in process "
To add my TUPPENCE worth; I asked the following questions earlier today for a response;
Question 1:
The Bayou financial close was previously planned for the end of 2021 and has now shifted to 2022. What assurance can you provide that financial close for both Bayou and Immingham can be achieved in 2022?
Question 2:
Did you feedback on the governments RTFO consultation, if so can you provide any further details in relation to your feedback? What are you hoping to see in the government response that will make the waste to fuel concept commercially viable?
Question 3:
When do you expect to complete the post-planning consent and final phase of technical pre-development work of Altalto Immingham Project?
Question 4:
Realistically, when can we expect significant developments to take place in Japan and the Far East. Can you provide any milestones and dates in relation to this?
Question 5:
Is there a possibility that Velocys may receive further payments in relation to F4C?
Question 6:
What are your hopes in relation to Cop-26 and UK Government Policy?
Those that have a lot of money tend to, by nature, think carefully before they even spend a penny. In the grand scheme of things £10k is not a lot, however, they would not spend it if there was an imminent danger of the company going under.
Having said that, 12 months is not a lot of time for them to get their hands on new cash.
Spot7
Either that or they now have confidence that this venture is likely to bear fruit finally:-)
Thanks xpb for sharing. Its another one talking about producing SAF and shipping back to the US - not the most efficient method imo