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20 January 2025
The University of Sheffield’s Innovation District is home to the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Innovation Centre, which offers partners from industry such as Boeing and Virgin Atlantic access to the university’s researchers and facilities to decarbonise aviation
Early successes for the centre include the launch of Flight100, a joint project led by Virgin Atlantic in partnership with the university which saw the first commercial flight across the Atlantic powered by 100% SAF.
Boeing’s involvement in the SAF Innovation Centre builds on the company’s longstanding relationship with Sheffield as a founding member of the university’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). AMRC, which opened in 2001, transformed the former Orgreave coking plant into a world-class advanced manufacturing facility which a recent economic impact report showed has brought more than £260m of private investment to South Yorkshire.
The research and innovation work backed through the SAF Innovation Centre will support the government’s proposed SAF Bill as well as plans for phased increases in the use of SAF from January 2025
