Jet2 announces Sustainable Aviation Fuel investment
Leisure travel group Jet2 has announced a major investment into a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production plant, to be constructed in the North West of England.
The agreement will see Jet2 invest an equity stake in the plant and expect to receive over 200 million litres of SAF over a 15-year period, expected to achieve net emissions reductions totalling around 400,000 tonnes of CO2 for Jet2 during this time.
The Fulcrum NorthPoint facility, being developed by Fulcrum BioEnergy Ltd, is a waste-to-fuels plant which will be located at the Essar Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
Production of SAF is expected to commence at the plant in 2027. When at full capacity, 600,000 tonnes of non-recyclable household waste – which would otherwise have been destined for incineration or landfill – will be converted into around 100 million litres of SAF annually.
The NorthPoint plant will use Fulcrum’s proven waste-to-fuel process and will directly benefit from the IP gained from operations of its first commercial scale waste-to-fuels facility, Sierra BioFuels, situated outside of Reno Nevada in the United States.
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