LanzaJet has been awarded more than $13 million (€11 million) from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) to accelerate development of Project Speedbird, a major sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) biorefinery in Teesside, United Kingdom being developed primarily for British Airways.

The award will support the next phase of work on Project Speedbird as it progresses into Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), marking a key milestone in the creation of one of the UK’s first commercial-scale ethanol-to-SAF production facilities using waste-based feedstocks.

Among the projects selected in this round of the AFF, Speedbird received the largest award, underscoring LanzaJet’s advancement in the SAF industry, the maturity of the project, and the UK’s commitment to moving beyond pilots toward industrial deployment.

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