Carbonshift PtL SAF

Willis Sustainable Fuels is developing a large-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility at Teesside, England, designed to produce up to 500 million litres per year of SAF from renewable feedstocks. The plant will use Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis to convert renewable hydrogen and recycled carbon into low-carbon SAF and co-products, supporting the UK’s decarbonization of aviation and compliance with emerging SAF mandates. The project has advanced through key regulatory milestones, receiving planning consent from UK authorities and progressing into front-end engineering and design (FEED) work to further define the facility’s technical layout and integration. To enhance production scale and flexibility, Willis has selected multiple Fischer-Tropsch CANS (Co-located Advanced Narrow Slurry) reactors as part of its process design, enabling modular expansion of SAF output capacity. In parallel with design and permitting activities, Willis Sustainable Fuels has pursued government funding and grant support to accelerate development, including an application for UK low-carbon fuels incentives that would help bridge capital costs and improve project economics. When operational, the Teesside SAF facility will serve as one of the UK’s largest dedicated sustainable jet fuel plants, supplying SAF into domestic and international aviation markets and reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional jet fuel.