TRANSFORMING BIOMASS INTO CARBON NEGATIVE JET FUEL
TRANSFORMING BIOMASS INTO CARBON NEGATIVE JET FUEL
Developing one of the world’s largest second-generation SAF plants in Teesside, UK
0m liters SAF
ANNUAL SAF OUTPUT
Produced each year from 1.5m tons of feedstock
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Avoided per year
When integrated with carbon capture and storage (CCS)
>£0bn investment
Project scale
Construction targeted in 2028; with commercial operations expected in 2032
Aviation is hard to decarbonise. While alternatives like hydrogen or electric aircraft are being developed, they are unlikely to replace aircraft which will remain in service for decades. Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) provides the most practical and immediate pathway to reducing emissions from existing fleets. Lighthouse Green Fuels is addressing this gap with a commercial-scale facility in Teesside, UK. Using gasification and Fischer-Tropsch technologies, the plant will convert biomass into certified drop-in second-generation SAF that is fully compatible with today’s aircraft and airport infrastructure. Integrated with carbon capture and storage (CCS), the project is designed to produce carbon-negative SAF, permanently removing more carbon from the atmosphere than is emitted across the fuel's lifecycle.

Engineering a first-of-a-kind project for commercial deployment

Developing one of the world’s first commercial-scale second-generation SAF facilities requires the successful integration of multiple advanced technologies into a single industrial process. 

Following completion of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), Lighthouse Green Fuels became the first second-generation SAF project in Europe to reach this milestone. This has significantly de-risked the project through detailed engineering, technology integration and commercial development, providing a robust foundation for delivery. 
Located in Teesside, the project benefits from access to industrial infrastructure, skilled supply chains and the UK's emerging carbon capture and storage network, providing the foundations for large-scale, low-carbon fuel production.
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Clean fuel at scale for the future of UK aviation

Clean fuel at scale for the future of UK aviation

Once operational in 2032, Lighthouse Green Fuels will produce approximately 180 million litres of SAF each year, equivalent to around 38% of the UK's projected second-generation SAF requirement under the SAF Mandate. 

 

By converting biomass into low-carbon fuel while permanently storing biogenic carbon dioxide, the project is expected to achieve lifecycle greenhouse gas savings of more than 200% compared with conventional jet fuel, making it one of the world's first carbon-negative SAF facilities. 

 

Beyond decarbonising aviation, Lighthouse Green Fuels will create hundreds of highly skilled jobs, attract significant private investment, strengthen UK energy security and improve the UK's trade balance by reducing reliance on imported jet fuel.  

 

As the country's leading second-generation SAF project, it will provide a blueprint for the next generation of advanced low-carbon fuel facilities.