LanzaTech is a world-leading carbon recycling company which has announced its plans to invest £600m in a sustainable aviation fuel facility at Saltend Chemicals Park.

LanzaTech’s DRAGON II facility is expected to produce around 80,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel every year – around one per cent of UK jet fuel requirements – and 8,000 tonnes of renewable diesel.

The project will support around 300 skilled jobs during construction and 150 permanent roles once operational.

It is the second DRAGON project announced by LanzaTech in the UK, with a similar facility planned to be established at Port Talbot in South Wales.

LanzaTech’s facility will be located within the Humber Freeport Hull East tax site, joining investments from companies including Mitsubishi Chemical Group and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.

LanzaTech’s technology converts waste carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into ethanol, which can then be used to produce a form of sustainable aviation fuel.

LanzaTech said its announcement “represents a significant contribution to the UK’s net-zero ambitions, national energy security, and the creation of high-value jobs and industrial growth across the region”.

Read more about LanzaTech’s plans for the Humber: www.humberfreeport.org/lanzatech-announces-600m-investment-in-humber-freeport-tax-site/