Farnborough Airport signs 12.5m litre SAF offtake agreement with Hydrogen Refinery

UK’s largest business aviation airport Farnborough has signed 12.5m litre sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreement with Hydrogen Refinery.

“We are delighted to be forging this ground-breaking alliance with e-fuels developer Hydrogen Refinery. Their patented technology has the potential to provide Farnborough Airport with enough proprietary supplies of SAF for us to become the first and only airport in the world to be offering fuel with a 20% blend across its entire supply by 2028, well ahead of the UK Government’s own target of 10% by 2030,” said Simon Geere, chief executive officer of Farnborough Airport.

Hydrogen Refinery’s UK SAF-to-waste plant will processes mixed waste from airlines food trays and other mixed waste to produce RFNBO-compliant SAF. The plant will produce 10,000 tonnes per annum of SAF or e-SAF from mixed waste.

“Hydrogen Refinery has a unique process called the plasma electrolyser system (PES) that can process mixed waste, including airline passenger food waste, into SAF… We are excited to be working with Farnborough Airport to make their vision of sustainability a reality,” said Stephen Voller, chief executive officer at Hydrogen Refinery.

Farnborough Airport is one of the largest single-site suppliers of SAF to business aviation, having sold over 2m litres of 38% blended SAF since 2021.