'Lift off for Britain's green aviation revolution': Government awards £63m to sustainable aviation fuel pioneers

James Murray
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Seventeen projects to share funding that is set to boost UK green fuel production and support around 1,400 jobs

The government has today awarded fresh funding to the UK's sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry, announcing that 17 projects are to share £63m in funding in support of plans to boost production of...

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