Alfanar on June 20 officially opened its new office in London, further reaffirming its continued investment in the UK.

Senior government officials, MPs, and aviation sector leaders were in attendance. Minister for Investment Baroness Poppy Gustafsson CBE met staff and delivered a keynote speech on the importance of Alfanar’s planned investments to the Government’s growth mission.

The Alfanar Group currently employs 120 people in the UK, and their new office will be home to their project development business, including the global hub for their transport decarbonization business.

As part of this, Alfanar will oversee the progress of their £2bn waste-to-SAF production facility in Teesside. The project – Lighthouse Green Fuels – is the most advanced SAF production facility in the UK and Europe. Currently going through the Development Consent Order planning process and earmarked for completion in 2029, the facility will be essential to decarbonizing UK aviation, producing 180m liters of SAF annually – enough to power 27,000 short-haul flights. The facility will utilize Teesside’s planned carbon capture infrastructure to produce negative emissions fuels, with lifecycle greenhouse gas savings of 200% compared to conventional jet fuel.

The new office opening is exciting for the SAF industry as the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill progresses through Parliament. This will provide the revenue certainty mechanism required to deliver future SAF projects in the UK.