LanzaTech to host Dragon II project in Saltend Chemicals Park
LanzaTech announced that it has finalised px Group’s Saltend Chemicals Park, Humberside as the intended location for its DRAGON II project – a £600m investment to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel at scale.
“We selected the px Saltend Chemicals Park because it offers exceptional infrastructure for SAF production and the future prospect for hydrogen and CO2 pipelines and storage. The skills of the px Group team also provides an excellent fit with LanzaTech,” said Jim Woodger, LanzaTech managing director for EMEA and Americas.
The facility is expected to have production capacity of 80,000 tonnes of SAF and is scheduled to begin construction in the second half of 2027 and be operational during 2030.
Saltend Chemicals Park is owned by px Group, part of the Ara Partners portfolio of companies specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments.
“This major investment from LanzaTech demonstrates Saltend’s continued attractiveness for world-first, low-carbon projects. Our plug-and-play model, deep technical expertise, and unmatched site infrastructure allow pioneers like LanzaTech to deploy innovative projects at speed and scale. DRAGON II will further strengthen the Humber’s status as the UK’s Energy Estuary, delivering jobs and a resilient, net-zero future for the region,” said Geoff Holmes, CEO of px Group.
LanzaTech said that the px Group offers infrastructure, utilities, deep-water jetty access, and fully managed site services platform, and was selected after an exhaustive assessment of sites across the UK.
In July 2025, LanzaTech was awarded a £6.4m grant from the Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF), which is helping to accelerate both DRAGON I and DRAGON II projects.
Project DRAGON – an acronym for Decarbonizing and Reimagining Aviation for the Goal Of Netzero – features two complementary initiatives that both use the LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) process: DRAGON I in Port Talbot, South Wales; and DRAGON II, in Humberside.
LanzaTech also plans to produce in total 50kt of the ethanol to be processed at these facilities from sites in Milford Haven and Saltend using LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology.