A green jet fuel plant set to be built on the Humber Bank has received government backing of up to £27 million, with a clear timetable laid out for production to start.
The Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund is to match private investment into the delivery of front-end engineering design for Altalto Immingham, the £350 million fully consented project from Velocys Plc, backed by British Airways.
It will see domestic waste converted into a fuel that can be mixed with standard fuel, dramatically lowering aviation emissions, while creating scores of high value jobs, and hundreds in the build-out. Planning permission was received in May 2020 for the huge operation, with technical work and capital investment seeking taking place as government policy has been shaped.
