Plans for a factory in Port Talbot creating hundreds of new green jobs in the production of commercial scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from gases produced in the making of steel, has secured a £25m funding boost. US firm LanzaTech, which is behind the project, is amongst five recipients across the UK sharing £165m under the UK Government’s Advanced Fuel Fund.
The fund forms part of effort to reach the 2050 net carbon zero target and supporting the decarbonisation of the aviation sector. LanzaTech, which has been working with Neath Port Talbot Council and Tata Steel- through its primary steel making plant in the town - for a number of years has developed technology converting steel mill off-gases into ethanol that is then used as an SAF.
The company’s Project Dragon factory is scheduled to become operational in 2026, creating hundreds of green jobs and producing 79,000 tonnes of SAT when at full capacity.
