LanzaJet awards FEED to Fluor for UK SAF site

Sustainable fuels producer LanzaJet announced that it has  awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for Project Speedbird to engineering and construction company Fluor Corporation.

“Project Speedbird marks a pivotal advancement in the global effort to decarbonise aviation,” said Mike Alexander, group president, project execution, Fluor Corporation “By accelerating the adoption of sustainable fuel technologies, this project will help redefine the future of flight. Fluor is proud to bring our engineering and design expertise to this visionary initiative.”

Being developed in partnership with British Airways, LanzaJet’s Project Speedbird is a commercial scale ethanol-to-SAF facility to be located in Teesside, UK.

The project will produce over 90,000 tonnes (30m gallons) of SAF and renewable diesel annually.

“Project Speedbird is the next commercial scale facility in our portfolio that LanzaJet is developing, working closely with British Airways,” said Jimmy Samartzis, CEO of LanzaJet. ​

“Partnering with the globally recognized engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company Fluor Corporation shows our commitment to the highest standards in project execution.” 

The LanzaJet ATJ solution is deployed at commercial scale at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia, USA.