On 22 July 2025, the United Kingdom’s Aviation Minister announced the winners of the Advanced Fuels Fund competition. These 17 cutting-edge UK companies will share £63 million in funding to intensify sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, supporting around 1,400 jobs.
The Aviation Minister, Mike Kane, stated:
“This £63 million is liftoff for Britain’s green aviation revolution. We’re not just backing brilliant British innovation; we’re creating thousands of high-skilled jobs and positioning the UK at the forefront of the global sustainable aviation market.”
What is the Advanced Fuel Fund?
The Advanced Fuel Fund is a grant funding for the development of commercial and demonstration-scale projects in the United Kingdom. The stages at which the funding is granted include:
- Parts of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)
- Front-end engineering and design (FEED)
- Pre-front-end engineering and design (Pre-FEED)
- Feasibility—windows 1 and 2 only
This funding is delivered with the support of Ricardo Energy and Environment and ERM.
The winners of AFF 2025 are
- Alfanar Energy
- Altato
- British Sugar
- Carbon Neutral Fuels
- Equilibrion
- Equinor Low Carbon UK
- Essar Oil (UK)/EET Fuels
- ETFuels UK
- LanzaJet UK
- LanzaTech UK
- NorthPointe Energy
- OXCCU TECH
- Power2X Solutions
- SuMO Engineering
- University of Sheffield
- Willis Sustainable Fuels
- Zero Petroleum
What is Sustainable Aviation Fuel?
Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF, is an alternative to fossil jet fuel. This alternative fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 70% (average) in the lifecycle, which means from converting the feedstock to biofuel.
Additionally, this step will boost green fuel production in the United Kingdom. The SAF bill will promote the production of sustainable aviation fuel, attracting investors, which will help expand the sector. To date, the UK government has provided £198 million in funds through the AFF to broaden the adoption of cleaner aviation technologies.
Moreover, low-carbon fuel production could contribute up to £5 billion to the UK economy in the next 25 years (2050).
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