Worley has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) services contract by Alfanar for a low-carbon fuels project in Teesside, UK.

Alfanar’s Lighthouse Green Fuels project will convert residual solid waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and green naphtha. The project will process around 1 million tpy of residual solid waste – such as municipal solid waste, refuse-derived fuel or solid recovered fuel – into around 3200 bbl/d of SAF and green naphtha.

“Our work with Alfanar on this important project will contribute to the decarbonisation of air and road transportation,” explained Bradley Andrews, President at Worley. “The project aims to make fuel which produces 80 percent fewer greenhouse gases than current fossil fuels, which could potentially save over 300 000 tpy of emissions. When coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology the plant could achieve in excess of 750 000 tpy.”

The plant is expected to enter commercial operations in 2027, following the scheduled start-up of the first Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) carbon cluster in Teesside.