August 2023
LanzaTech announces the launch of Pre-Application Consultation on plans to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Port Talbot.
LanzaTech UK Ltd, a subsidiary of LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNZA) (“LanzaTech” or the “Company”) has announced the next stage of consultation on its proposed industrial facility to turn ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel. The Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) follows a period of early consultation on the plans which was held in May and June of this year.
The consultation, which launches today, Monday 14th August and will run until Wednesday 13th September, provides the opportunity to comment directly to LanzaTech on the proposals prior to the submission of a planning application to Neath Port Talbot Council. Draft copies of the proposed application, plans, and other supporting documents can be viewed online at www.lanzadragon.wales.
If approved the facility, which would be located at Crown Wharf in Port Talbot, would produce about 100 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel per year, around 10% of the sustainable aviation fuel that the UK plans to use by 2030. When compared with conventional jet fuel, sustainable aviation fuel reduces the production of greenhouse gases by more than 70%. This is expected to create over 150 full-time jobs, including 85 jobs on-site alongside further employment in the supply chain.
Jim Woodger, Managing Director of LanzaTech UK said, “The production of sustainable aviation fuel in Port Talbot moves a step closer today with the launch of our Pre-Application Consultation. Our plans contribute to a green industrial renaissance in Port Talbot providing around 150 high quality jobs into the future. We have also taken care to ensure our proposal minimises impacts on the town such as by rejuvenating the wharf to ship SAF from the site to reduce traffic; installing a ground flare to minimise noise and the appearance of the site; and to minimising air pollution releases so these make a negligible contribution to local air pollution. LanzaTech will be a responsible neighbour and we are looking forward to sharing our updated proposals with the local community and hearing its views in coming weeks.”
Anyone who wishes to make representations regarding this proposed development is invited to contact:
LanzaTech Consultation Team
c/o Turley
18 Windsor Place
Cardiff
CF10 3BY