about THE PROJECT
Aviation needs SAF
The world needs new fuels for the future of flight. Batteries and hydrogen require new planes, and aren’t viable for long-haul flight. SAF is a true drop-in fuel, compatible with today’s aircraft and airport infrastructure. It can be blended into existing jet fuel supply chains, reducing aviation emissions without requiring new engines, new fleets, or major changes to fuel logistics.
Power-to-Liquids SAF offers a scalable route to deep decarbonisation, using low-carbon electricity and power to produce synthetic fuels with high emissions reduction potential. Unlike feedstock-limited SAF pathways, PtL can expand in line with clean power availability and sector demand.
Eq.flight has secured £1 million of funding from the UK Department for Transport, recognising the role of advanced SAF technologies in delivering the UK SAF Mandate. This support helps accelerate the demonstration of an integrated Power-to-Liquids production system.
Air, Water, and Power
Eq.flight is designed around simple, scalable inputs, requiring only air, water and power to produce sustainable aviation fuel. This approach reduces dependence on constrained biological feedstocks and supports a repeatable pathway for domestic fuel production.
Domestic PtL SAF production reduces reliance on imported fossil fuels, strengthening UK energy security and resilience. Producing SAF from local electricity and inputs supports more stable supply chains and reduces exposure to international fuel price volatility.
The Nuclear Advantage
Nuclear power provides the most reliable source of baseload low-carbon electricity, operating continuously for long periods with high capacity factors. This stability supports industrial processes that require firm power, predictable output, and minimal operational disruption.
Co-locating PtL plants with nuclear generation creates a jobs multiplier, combining long-term plant operations with new industrial activity around the production of synthetic fuels. This clustering effect strengthens local supply chains and creates durable skilled employment.
Project Partners
Eq.flight brings together a strong consortium across the full value chain, from engineering and technology delivery to carbon supply, integration and end-use. That breadth of capability is essential for building a credible pathway from demonstration to commercial deployment.
F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions
Eq.flight is a nuclear-derived power-to-liquids sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project, integrating reliable nuclear power with proven technologies to produce ultra-low-carbon aviation fuel. Sustainable aviation fuel is low carbon jet fuel which can be used safely in place of traditional fossil kerosene. As a power-to-liquids process, Eq.flight uses only the hydrogen in water and the carbon in air to produce it’s fuel, leading to a massive reduction in carbon emissions from air travel.
Eq.flight’s eSAF can cut aviation fuel carbon intensity by up to 95% and strengthen supply security by reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. Since fuel produced by Eq.flight can be used directly in place of traditional fossil kerosene, there is no impact to the operation or safety of the plane.
Most SAF pathways depend on constrained, variable feedstocks like waste or crops. Eq.flight uses air, water, and consistent nuclear power to make electro-sustainable aviation fuel known as eSAF, which is more bankable and scalable for decarbonising one of the UK’s fastest-growing, highest-emitting sectors.
Eq.flight aims to produce its first compliant SAF by 2030, demonstrating feasibility ahead of potential co-location with future nuclear projects such as Rolls Royce SMR. The first plant will enter front-end engineering design in 2026.
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