13:00-13:45

DRAGON Projects: a case study in the challenges of securing FID for advanced UK SAF projects

Greg Archer, European Policy and Projects Director, LanzaTech

LanzaTech’s DRAGON I (Port Talbot) and II (Humberside) projects will produce 80kt pa of advanced and e-SAF using the alcohol to jet technology. The presentation will highlight the progress and remaining challenges of taking the projects to FID.

13:00-13:45

Speaker: M. Pourkashanian, Head of Energy Innovation Centre / Professor at Energy Innovation Centre / The University of Sheffield

Abstract: Novel Energy Xploration and Transformation for Next Generation Efficient Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell and Advanced Fischer Tropsch: NEXTGEN-SAF.

13:00-13:45

Pioneering end-to-end demonstration of waste-to-molecules

Amna Bezanty, Chief Strategy Officer Sustainable Molecules (SuMo) Ltd

A world-leading demonstration of advanced waste-to-molecules technology, delivering a full circular-carbon pathway from feedstock to final molecules.

13:00 – 13:45

Speaker details to follow shortly.

13:00 – 13:45

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13:00 – 13:45

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Project SkyFuel: A First-of-a-Kind Methanol-to-Jet e-SAF Project with a Privileged Feedstock Position and Advanced Offtake

Lara Naqushbandi, CEO ETFuels

SkyFuel is one of the most advanced e-SAF projects globally and the only methanol-to-jet project currently in FEED in the UK, with Pre-FEED completed, a Class III cost estimate due in Q1 2026, and a £5 million Advanced Fuels Fund award validating technical and commercial maturity.

The project’s de-linked methanol-to-jet design creates a uniquely advantaged feedstock position, combining access to Power-to Liquid-compliant e-methanol from ETFuels’ ultra low-cost global portfolio with optional third-party supply and domestic hydrogen and CO₂ pathways. This configuration delivers a structurally competitive UK e-SAF project with strong cost resilience, advanced negotiations with aviation offtakers, and a clear path to FID aligned with the 2030 mandate-driven demand ramp.

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Project Starling 2026 Update

Alasdair Lumsden, Director & Co-founder of Carbon Neutral Fuels will be giving an update for Project Starling (formerly called ASAP-DAC), their commercial-scale eSAF project based in Cumbria, which has received over £7.4m of funding across two Department for Transport Advanced Fuels Fund awards. In addition there will be an update from MissionZero regarding the Direct Air Capture component of the project.

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Lighthouse Green Fuels: The UK’s most advanced 2G SAF plant

Simon Owens, Director Engineering & Technical Alfanar Energy Limited

Short abstract of presentation: Developed by Alfanar Projects, the >£2 billion Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF) project will be the UK’s first commercial-scale second-generation SAF plant. Located at a fully integrated site in Teesside, LGF will use gasification and Fischer–Tropsch technologies to produce 180 million litres of SAF annually.

This presentation will outline how Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) funding is advancing key delivery milestones, including FEED completion (expected in Q1 this year), progress toward a CCS connection to enable carbon-negative SAF production, ongoing PMC and EPC development, and project financing as LGF moves toward a targeted FID in mid-2027.

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OX2 Update

Andrew Symes, CEO OXCCU

Demonstrating the direct conversion of CO2 and/or CO with H2 to jet fuel range hydrocarbons using novel iron F-T catalysts at Oxford Airport

M Pourkashanian, Professor and Managing Director Energy Innovation Centre/The University of Sheffield

This event was postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.

EET Stanlow Methanol-to-Jet (MtJ) project update

Tim Suenson-Thorp, New Energies Development Manager Essar Energy Transition

Based at the existing Stanlow Refinery site, EET are developing a large commercial plant that uses methanol-to-jet technology to convert renewable e-methanol and biomethanol into SAF. This presentation will provide a status update for the project as part of the ongoing Pre-FEED being supported by the DfT Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF)

Eq.Flight – Higher-efficiency, lower-cost PtL SAF

Philip Rogers, Director, Equilibrion Limited

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Municipal Solid Waste as a feedstock for SAF production at scale

Jonathan McGivern, Commercial Development Director Northpointe Energy (Fulcrum Bioenergy)

Overview of Project Northpoint which is in development to be constructed in Ellesmere port

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Neil King, Senior Lead Process Engineer, Altalto

The Altalto Project at Immingham is currently developing the first commercial-scale waste-to-transport-fuels plant in the UK. The project has full planning permission, is currently concluding the pre-FEED concept select phase and is targeting a final investment decision by Q2 2027. The project combines several technologies (including Velocys microFTL technology) in a new way to deliver a cost-effective and sustainable supply of renewable fuels. These products are needed to reduce the climate change impact of travel; particularly long-haul air travel, which is likely to rely on liquid fuels for years to come.

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Richard Marsh, Project Development Manager, LanzaJet

An update on Project Speedbird, a pioneering sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initiative led by LanzaJet in partnership with British Airways, aiming to build the UK’s first commercial‑scale ethanol‑to‑SAF biorefinery. Located at Wilton International in Teesside, the facility will use LanzaJet’s Alcohol‑to‑Jet technology to convert second‑generation ethanol—sourced from agricultural residues and woody biomass—into more than 90,000 tonnes (30 million gallons) of SAF and renewable diesel annually.

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13.00-13.45

Douglas McKiernan, Chief Technical Officer, Zero Petroleum Limited

This presentation will give an update on the product quality and and scale-up program for Zero’s 100% Synthetic “Drop-in” Jet A-1.