LanzaTech launches pre-application consultation for Project Dragon

In the UK, LanzaTech UK Ltd announced the next stage of consultation on its proposed industrial facility to turn ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel. The Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) follows a period of early consultation on the plans which was held in May and June of this year.

The consultation will run until September 13 and provides the opportunity to comment directly to LanzaTech on the proposals prior to the submission of a planning application to Neath Port Talbot Council. Draft copies of the proposed application, plans, and other supporting documents can be viewed online at www.lanzadragon.wales. 

If approved the facility, which would be located at Crown Wharf in Port Talbot, would produce about 100 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel per year, around 10% of the sustainable aviation fuel that the UK plans to use by 2030. When compared with conventional jet fuel, sustainable aviation fuel reduces the production of greenhouse gases by more than 70%. This is expected to create over 150 full-time jobs, including 85 jobs on-site alongside further employment in the supply chain.