Thu, Apr 17, 2014
Airline Partners With Solena Fuels To Build Conversion Facility
Solena Fuels in partnership with British Airways has committed to building the world’s first facility to convert landfill waste into jet fuel. The move comes just two weeks before the global aviation community joins forces to discuss ways to reduce the industry’s environmental impact at the 2014 Global Sustainable Aviation Summit in Geneva.
The junk-to-jet fuel project, dubbed GreenSky London, will be housed on part of the site of the former Coryton oil refinery in Thurrock, Essex. The site has excellent transport links and existing fuel storage facilities. One thousand construction workers will be hired to build the facility which is due to be completed in 2017, creating up to 150
permanent jobs.
This ground-breaking scheme is set to revolutionize the production of sustainable aviation fuel. Approximately 575,000 metric tons of post-recycled waste, normally destined for landfill or incineration, will instead be converted into 120,000 metric tons of clean burning liquid fuels using Solena’s innovative integrated technology. British Airways has made a long-term commitment to purchase all 50,000 metric tons per annum of the jet fuel produced at market competitive rates.
Willie Walsh, chief executive of IAG, said: “We are always striving to reduce our impact on climate change and this first-of-its-kind project marks a significant step for the aviation industry. The construction of the GreenSky London fuel facility at Thames Enterprise Park will lay the foundations for British Airways to reduce its carbon emissions significantly.
The sustainable jet fuel produced each year will be enough to power our flights from London City Airport twice over with carbon savings the equivalent of taking 150,000 cars off the road.”
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