UK moves a step closer to aviation decarbonization as British Airways, Nova Pangea Technologies and Lanzajet’s ‘Project Speedbird’ wins £9M Government funding
Source: British Airways Project Speedbird - a partnership between Nova Pangaea Technologies, LanzaJet and British Airways - has secured a total of £9 million from the Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition New funding stream follows multi-million-pound investments by International Airlines Group and British Airways in the summer The project will produce 102 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year, reducing CO2 emissions by 230,000 tonnes per year - the equivalent of approximately 26,000 British Airways domestic flights* It is hoped the new funding will help establish the UK as a world-leader in SAF production Project Speedbird – a joint partnership between Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT), LanzaJet and British Airways (BA) – has secured new funding totalling £9 [...]