Metafuels
Leigh Hackett is a seasoned professional with a robust background in the cleantech and energy sectors, currently serving as Co-Founder of Metafuels, a company focused on sustainable aviation fuel production technology since December 2021. Alongside this role, Leigh is the Co-owner and Managing Partner at Industria Mundum, concentrating on low-carbon energy projects. Previous experience includes serving as Executive at GE Power, where Leigh successfully managed the closure of the Capture Power Limited Joint Venture, and holding the position of Chief Executive at Capture Power Limited, overseeing a significant carbon capture and storage project. Additionally, Leigh has held leadership roles at Alstom Power, ABB Lummus Global, and Lurgi Öl-Gas-Chemie, accumulating extensive expertise in carbon capture technologies, business development, and project management across global markets. Leigh's educational credentials include a BSc, MSc, and PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Manchester.
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Metafuels
Our breakthrough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology, aerobrew, will make affordable net-zero aviation a reality. The technology is innovative, highly scaleable and able to tap into future global renewable energy systems efficiently. Starting from renewable feedstocks including green hydrogen, driven by renewable electricity, and sustainably sourced CO2, for example from direct air capture, aerobrew™ provides an efficient route to large-scale production of e-kerosene, overcoming the scale up challenges and high costs of alternative e-fuels technologies. aerobrew™ is also compatible with the biogenic route whereby the carbon required for the process is derived from renewable and sustainable cellulosic biomass which, does not compete with the food chain (wood, miscanthus, etc.). With a high carbon conversion, high selectivity and a high overall SAF yield, aerobrew™ leads to attractive production economics and cost leadership. With a rapidly growing demand for SAF, aerobrew™ stands to contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of global aviation and to support the achievement of net zero 2050 targets.