LanzaJet awards Fluor FEED for Project Speedbird

In Illinois, LanzaJet, Inc., a leading next-gen fuels technology company and producer of sustainable fuels, has recently awarded the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for Project Speedbird to Fluor Corporation. Developed with support from British Airways, LanzaJet’s Project Speedbird is a commercial scale ethanol-to-SAF facility to be located in Teesside, UK, which will produce over 90,000 tonnes (30 million gallons) of SAF and renewable diesel annually, reducing British Airways’ CO₂ emissions by approximately 230,000 tonnes per year—equivalent to 26,000 British Airways domestic flights.

The project is expected to bring significant opportunities for the North East region and create hundreds of jobs through construction to operation, was recently awarded $13 million by the U.K. Government through its Advanced Fuels Fund.