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Willis Sustainable Fuels and Green Finance Institute Launch Accelerator to Advance UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Infrastructure
LONDON, UK, Dec. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Sustainable Fuels UK Limited (“WSF”), a subsidiary of Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC”) and the Green Finance Institute (“GFI”), an independent advisor to governments and investors, have announced a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Project Accelerator to bring WSF’s pioneering SAF project at Wilton International in Teesside to Final Investment Decision (FID) and establish a replicable blueprint for financing new homegrown
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[{"type":"text","content":"LONDON, UK, Dec. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Sustainable Fuels UK Limited (“WSF”), a subsidiary of Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC”) and the Green Finance Institute (“GFI”), an independent advisor to governments and investors, have announced a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Project Accelerator to bring WSF’s pioneering SAF project at Wilton International in Teesside to Final Investment Decision (FID) and establish a replicable blueprint for financing new homegrown transition projects.","length":521,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Since the start of 2025, the UK’s SAF mandate requires increasing levels of SAF in the UK’s jet fuel supply to reach 10% in 2030 and 22% in 2040.1 Under the mandate, the economic, energy-security and innovation benefits of expanding domestic SAF production are compelling. This policy stability provides a strong, long-term demand signal to accelerate SAF growth, but the challenge remains in reaching bankability.","length":414,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"WSF’s Teesside project is one of the UK’s most advanced second-generation SAF projects, using existing, proven technology to make SAF from waste. Targeting 14,000 tonnes of production per year, the project supports national energy security, by reducing reliance on imported fuels and anchors new green-industry jobs in the Northeast, by converting mainly UK biomethane into next-generation jet fuel. This project has been funded £7.6 million through two rounds of the UK Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund.","length":504,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Before committing capital to transactions in this nascent sector, financiers need to address risks including technology performance, feedstock, and price/revenue certainty. While the UK mandate provides strong long-term demand certainty, developers need to assemble a complex mix of public and private de-risking tools to meet these requirements.","length":346,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"With a track record of mobilising £77 billion in committed capital to drive the transition and as a key adviser in shaping the UK’s SAF mandate, GFI’s SAF programme will focus on helping leading projects reach FID in 2026. The “accelerator” platform is designed to remove financing barriers and develop solutions that attract private sector investment into pion...