In Florida, Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC), a lessor of commercial aircraft engines and global provider of aviation services, together with its subsidiary Willis Sustainable Fuels Limited, announced the selection of Teesworks in Tees Valley, England, as the intended location for a sustainable aviation fuel plant.
This plant will be the first of its kind in the region focused on developing and producing power-to-liquid (PtL) SAF. Teesworks is the United Kingdom’s largest industrial zone, and an international hub for diverse, sustainable, and low-carbon activity.
WLFC’s planned SAF refinery will be designed to convert feedstocks, sourced from industrial-waste carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into SAF.
“Our pioneering SAF project at Teesworks will directly support the global aviation industry’s ambitious goal of net-zero emissions by 2050,” said Austin Willis, CEO of WLFC. “We are proud to be continuing our legacy as a leader and innovator in aviation, being the first aviation leasing company to launch a SAF initiative of this type.”
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