Navigator Terminals and Alfanar have agreed to enter a joint Front-End-Engineering_Design (FEED) study to understand the scope for the UK’s first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) handling terminal that will be located on North Tees to transport feedstock and handle the production volumes from Alfanar’s Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF) waste-t0-SAF plant.
Backed by Alfanar LGF will see approximately 1 million tonnes of non-recyclable waste converted into SAF and is expected to be operational in 2028 producing around 10% of the UK Government’s Jet Zero 2030 SAF target. SAF produced at this facility will have the potential to reduce emissions by up to 80% and the plant will produce more than 125,000 tonnes of SAF.
Navigator Terminal’s North Tees complex is a road fuel and crude oil storage facility with the region’s only deep-water jetty designed for petrochemicals, direct pipeline connecting to the North Sea and modern rail distribution facilities. Finished SAF will be exported via ship at the North Tees waterside complex. SAF could also be exported via rail or truck at Navigator’s inland North Tees rail terminal.
Commenting on the collaboration, Jason Hornsby, CEO for Navigator Terminals said: “We have supported Alfanar progress its thinking around the Lighthouse SAF project for over 12 months and now are pleased to announce our formal partnership. It is exciting to bring forward plans for the UKs first SAF handling terminal on our North Tees dockside to rejuvenate this industrial land and push UK aviation that bit closer to net zero every time we fly.”
Mishal Almutlaq, CIO, Alfanar added: “We kicked off the FEED study for our LGF project in June 2022 and we are now looking to start engineering works associated with the build out for the regional infrastructure on Teesside and this includes partnering with Navigator Terminals. We see the LGF project creating high quality jobs to deliver and run our facility, but also creating a much wider regional economical boost as we start construction in 2024.”
