Excerpt from Advanced Fuels Fund document13 Dec 2022 18:07
SECTION B: FUND OBJECTIVES AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
This section provides an outline of the Advanced Fuels Fund, its objectives and eligibility
criteria.
Overview
The purpose of the fund is to support the development of the emerging UK advanced fuel
sector as it scales up to commercial production. To achieve this, the Advanced Fuels Fund
will provide funding to FOAK commercial and demonstration-scale projects in the UK at all
development stages up to construction starting, including “Feasibility”, “Pre-Front End
Engineering Design (Pre-FEED)”, “Front End Engineering Design (FEED)” and the “Detailed
Design” and “Procurement of Main Equipment” stages within “Engineering, Procurement &
Construction (EPC)” (definitions provided in Appendix C). In total, up to £165 million in grant
funding will be provided to winning projects for work during the Funding Period.
The first application window for the Advanced Fuels Fund will run over summer 2022, and a
second application window is expected to open in summer 2023 (See Section C: Overview
and Timetable).
Objectives
The key objectives of the Advanced Fuels Fund are to:
• Support the UK advanced fuels sector with the commercial deployment of innovative
fuel production technologies that are capable of significantly reducing near-term UK
aviation emissions.
• Broaden and strengthen the UK project pipeline, getting as many UK projects as
possible to an "investment ready" state.
• Support the advancement of a diverse range of technology routes to SAF and other
advanced fuels.
The objectives for projects receiving financial support are:
• Technology demonstration: material progress towards commercial scale production
of an eligible fuel, with high process reliability and performance.
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• Fuel production: develop a project with the capability to produce commercially
significant volumes of eligible fuel, including for the purposes of attaining certification.
• Commercial potential: develop a strategy for commercialising the technology and the
products from the project, evidencing the potential for value to the UK.
• Emissions reduction: demonstrate the potential for the produced fuel to achieve low
lifecycle GHG emissions.
• Project execution: bring together a team with the necessary expertise and experience
to deliver the project according to its objectives
• Investor confidence: catalyse private investment or attract new investors into the
project and reduce investment risks.
Makes me think the Dept. for Transport believe in the project being viable and certainly wouldn't just be throwing money into a void.