This agreement will secure the site for one of the largest global second-generation SAF plants, and the most advanced in Europe. It anchors the LGF facility at Seal Sands on the mouth of the River Tees, a strategically selected location that enables full end-to-end SAF production.

Once operational, the facility will produce 180 million liters of SAF and 30 million liters of renewable naphtha per year from biomass feedstock. With CCS integration, LGF could contribute around 46% of the total UK SAF Mandate on a greenhouse gas emissions basis.

Commenting on the land option agreement, Noaman Al Adhami, UK Country Director, said “This marks another major milestone for Lighthouse Green Fuels as we advance towards financial close. The land option agreement not only anchors the project in Teesside but gives us the platform to deliver one of the most advanced and ambitious sustainable aviation fuel facilities anywhere in the world.”