Carbon Neutral Fuels partners with The Carbon Removers to build UK infrastructure for sustainable aviation fuel

Aviation faces one of the toughest decarbonisation challenges of any industrial sector. Demand continues to grow, long-haul routes remain difficult to electrify, and airlines must deliver real emissions reductions this decade while building credible pathways to Net Zero by 2050. That’s why Carbon Neutral Fuels has partnered with The Carbon Removers, bringing together sustainable aviation fuel production and secure, high-quality carbon dioxide supply to help turn ambition into delivery.
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At Carbon Neutral Fuels, we focus on what can be implemented in practice. For aviation, that means scaling sustainable aviation fuel that works with today’s aircraft, while building the physical infrastructure required to support long-term decarbonisation.

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Sustainable aviation fuel is central to aviation’s Net Zero pathway. In the UK, the SAF Mandate requires 10 per cent of jet fuel to be SAF by 2030, rising to 22 per cent by 2040. This creates immediate pressure on airlines, fuel suppliers and project developers to secure reliable supply and credible routes to market.
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Our approach is centred on synthetic, power-to-liquid eSAF, produced using low-carbon electricity, clean hydrogen and recycled carbon dioxide. When compared with conventional jet fuel, our fuel is expected to deliver over 90 per cent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, while remaining fully compatible with existing aircraft and airport infrastructure.
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Our first commercial facility, Project Starling in Cumbria, is currently in Front End Engineering Design and supported by more than £7 million in funding from the Department for Transport, alongside private investment led by Trailfinders. Once operational, the plant is expected to deliver 35 to 40 per cent of the UK’s mandated power-to-liquid SAF supply in 2030.
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Producing eSAF at scale depends on access to a dependable, high-quality source of carbon dioxide, alongside the systems that support it: capture, conditioning, storage, transport and monitoring.
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Through our partnership with The Carbon Removers, we are working to secure between 50,000 and 100,000 tonnes per year of locally sourced biogenic CO₂ from the North of England and southern Scotland, starting from 2031. This strengthens the resilience of our supply chain while anchoring industrial capability and investment in the UK.

The infrastructure required to supply our sustainable aviation fuel will also help develop a new regional carbon economy, where carbon is treated as the resource it can be, not just the dangers it represents.

CO₂ capture and conditioning, tanks and terminals, transport networks, and robust measurement and monitoring systems are shared foundations for both sustainable aviation fuel and carbon removal. By building one, we help unlock the other.

For Carbon Neutral Fuels, this partnership goes beyond a single project. It supports the development of a resilient, home-grown SAF supply chain while helping put in place the infrastructure required for carbon removal to scale in the years ahead.

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