Sustainable fuels company Velocys joins Zero Carbon Humber

Oxford-based company Velocys recently joined the UK energy and manufacturing partnership Zero Carbon Humber. 

Velocys is described as a sustainable fuels technology company. They develop something called Fischer-Tropsch technology, which helps with the production of drop-in fuels made from a variety of waste materials. 

The company mainly develops their projects in the US and in the UK’s Oxford Science Park, producing fuels that aid in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for all kinds of transport. 

The partnership between Velocys and Zero Carbon Humber (ZCH) is expected to supply up to 10 gigawatts of hydrogen for industry and power projects across the coast of Northern England.

As a result, this will provide the numerous projects their carbon negative power with biomass from carbon capture technology (BECCS), this is the process in which bioenergy is extracted from biomass in order to capture and store the carbon. 

Zero Carbon Humber is a partnership that aims to capture at least 17m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year and has plans to build the world's first net zero industrial region.

Velocys will start off the partnership by getting involved in the Altalto project in Immingham. In collaboration with British Airways, this is expected to become Europe’s first commercial waste-to-jet-fuel facility plant. 

Velocys VP Waste to Fuels, Dr Neville Hargreaves, commented on the project: “Velocys is delighted to be joining the impressive group of companies that make up Zero Carbon Humber. 

“The Altalto project, in collaboration with British Airways, can deliver zero carbon flight this decade and is an example of the new industries enabled by carbon capture and storage, bringing skilled green jobs to the region.”