Speedbird
Project Speedbird, a joint partnership with British Airways (parent company International Airlines Group) and LanzaJet, can transform 2G non-food derived agricultural and woody biomass taken from sustainable sources into 102 million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) per year. British Airways intends to offtake the SAF produced at the facility to help power some of its flights.
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) produced at the facility would reduce CO₂ emissions, on a net lifecycle basis, by 230,000 tonnes a year. This is the equivalent emissions of approximately 26,000 British Airways domestic flights (based on the calculated average UK domestic route from 2019 data). Overall, Project Speedbird has the potential to reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 770,000 tonnes a year (figure includes CO₂ emission reductions from the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and biochar).
As a key partner within Project Speedbird, NPT is embarking on the next phase of business growth by developing its First of a Kind plant with the aim of fulfilling its production commitments through the development and execution of multiple 2G ethanol commercial plants in the UK. The valuable co-product biochar of the REFNOVA® process in Project Speedbird, which sequestrates CO₂ from the atmosphere, provides a net negative emissions end-to-end process and materially increase the value of the Speedbird Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Project Speedbird UK impact
Tonnes of SAF per year
90,000 tonnes of SAF and Renewable Diesel
CO₂ tonnes emission reduction per year
Based on a net lifecycle basis
Domestic flights
CO₂ emission reduction equivalence
*Based on the calculated average UK domestic route from 2019 data
