DRAGON (Port Talbot)
DRAGON (Port Talbot) is a cancelled renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel project in Port Talbot, United Kingdom, owned by LanzaTech. Its announced capacity is 79 thousand tonnes a year (99 million litres, 26 million US gallons), by the Alcohol-to-jet pathway. It is due to start in 2025. The record was read from the news by the reader (biobased-diesel.com, April 13, 2023) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- LanzaTech
- Place
- Port Talbot, United Kingdom
- Pathway
- Alcohol-to-jet
- Fuel
- renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- cancelled
- Announced capacity
- 79 thousand tonnes a year · 98.8 million litres · 26.1 million US gallons
- Due to start
- 2025
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: Technip Energies to Develop FEED Phase of LanzaTech’s DRAGON SAF Project (biobased-diesel.com, 2023-04-13); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-16; not yet checked; start_year from article 936 (2023-04-01); status from article 6300 (2026-06-26)
Other plants and projects recorded with LanzaTech
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon II (Hull) | Hull, United Kingdom | planned | 80 | 2030 |
| LanzaTech | Oman | planned | 80 | |
| DRAGON (Port Talbot) | Port Talbot, United Kingdom | cancelled | 79 | 2025 |
| pre-pilot facility (Soperton) | Soperton, United States | under construction | 0 | 2022 |
In the news latest items naming LanzaTech
- 2026-10-16 LanzaJet secures $20m to scale SAF production amid debt restructuring gasworld
- 2026-10-16 LanzaJet Secures $20 Million Financing to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production ESG Today
- 2026-10-15 LanzaJet Secures Financing to Scale SAF Production and Supply Global Customers The Manila Times
- 2026-10-15 LanzaJet lands $20M from parent company amid leadership change The Business Journals
- 2026-10-15 LanzaJet secures at least $20 million to scale sustainable aviation fuel production in Georgia BioEnergy Times
- 2026-10-14 China's Shougang LanzaTech partners with Sinopec units to develop 50,000-tonne SAF project in China BioEnergy Times
- 2026-10-13 China Plans Ethanol-To-SAF Plant As Production Capacity Grows Aviation Week
- 2026-10-12 Shougang LanzaTech, Sinopec partner to advance 50kt/year ETJ project Quantum Commodity Intelligence
- 2026-10-12 Shougang LanzaTech Partners with Two Sinopec Units to Target Green Aviation Fuel and Bio-Based New Materials BigGo Finance
- 2026-10-08 5 Everyday Products Made from Biomass: A Few May Surprise You Department of Energy (.gov)
- 2026-08-05 EIA: Ethanol capacity ticks up in May, biodiesel and renewable diesel capacity hold steady Ethanol Producer Magazine
- 2026-07-20 Airlines must invest more in SAF to scale up volumes: panel FlightGlobal
- 2026-06-26 PORT TALBOT: Green jet fuel plant scrapped — as blast furnace closure kills off decade-long project Swansea Bay News
- 2026-06-25 Hundreds of jobs promised for Port Talbot scrapped as huge new project dumped Wales Online
- 2026-05-15 LanzaTech’s invests €500 million for SAF plant in Ghent Hydrocarbon Engineering
Capacity is as announced, a year, with tonnes counted at 0.8 kilograms per litre; a plant's own figure may differ. A record "settled by rule" was read from an article by the reader and checked only against the site's rules (a plausible size, a real owner, no duplicate), not by a person. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, DRAGON (Port Talbot): sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/dragon-port-talbot-united-kingdom, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].