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23rd July 2025

ETFuels awarded UK government grant to develop methanol-to-jet facility

𝐄𝐓𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬’ 𝐞-𝐒𝐀𝐅 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐤𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐊 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥-𝐭𝐨-𝐉𝐞𝐭 𝐞-𝐒𝐀𝐅 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭

ETFuels has been selected by the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom as one of the recipients of support under the latest round of the Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) to advance SkyFuel Teesside – a next-generation sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) facility converting green hydrogen and biogenic CO₂ into jet fuel using methanol synthesis and Methanol-to-Jet (MtJ) technology.

SkyFuel Teesside will be one of the UK’s first and most scalable integrated e-SAF projects. The key to delivering cost-effective e-SAF at scale is the ability to access cheap, compliant, scalable feedstock. ETFuels’ behind-the-meter e-fuels production model gives us direct access to ultra-low-cost renewable power and hydrogen. We’re developing six e-methanol projects globally that together enable production of over 200,000 tonnes per year of e-SAF. Combined with our collaborations with leading UK players such as Johnson Matthey and Protium, we’re building one of the most credible e-SAF platforms in the market.

SkyFuel Teesside will be one of the UK’s first and most scalable integrated e-SAF projects. The key to delivering cost-effective e-SAF at scale is the ability to access cheap, compliant, scalable feedstock. ETFuels’ behind-the-meter e-fuels production model gives us direct access to ultra-low-cost renewable power and hydrogen. We’re developing six e-methanol projects globally that together enable production of over 200,000 tonnes per year of e-SAF. Combined with our collaborations with leading UK players such as Johnson Matthey and Protium, we’re building one of the most credible e-SAF platforms in the market.

Lara Naqushbandi, CEO of ETFuels: “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘬𝘺𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒’𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘦-𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒’𝘴 𝘚𝘈𝘍 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘚𝘈𝘍 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵-𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘸-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 – 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

Christopher Jackson, CEO of Protium: "𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘌𝘛𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦-𝘚𝘈𝘍 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵."
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Alberto Giovanzana, Managing Director Licensing at Johnson Matthey, said: “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵."

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