Carbon Neutral Fuels (CNF) has selected Johnson Matthey (JM) and Honeywell to provide technologies for its 25,000-tonne-per-year green hydrogen-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project.

Project Starling, located in Workington, UK, will convert captured carbon dioxide into synthetic kerosene using green hydrogen produced by 120MW of solid oxide electrolysers from 2031.

Within this process, JM’s FT Cans Fischer-Tropsch technology – which was jointly developed with BP – will convert captured CO2 and green hydrogen into synthetic crude oil. This will then be upgraded by Honeywell’s Fischer-Tropsch Unicracking technology.