Hydrogen Utopia International (LSE:HUI) has secured a licence from InEnTec to deploy its PEM (Plasma Enhanced Melter) gasification technology for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production across the UK.
The AIM-listed company, which converts non-recyclable waste plastic into hydrogen, clean fuels and advanced materials, is paying $500,000 for the rights, with $250,000 already paid and the balance due via promissory note.
The licence lets HUI build, operate and scale PEM Melter systems that turn mixed waste plastics, tyres and other hazardous and non-hazardous waste into syngas, a feedstock for SAF production. It follows an earlier exclusive licence HUI struck with InEnTec covering the Middle East and North Africa, targeting large-scale projects in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf Cooperation Council.
The UK deal lands as the Department for Transport rolls out its £219 million Low Carbon Fuels Fund, which will make £93 million available over the next two years to companies scaling SAF production, prioritising projects nearest commercial deployment.
The fund supports a statutory mandate requiring SAF to make up 10% of UK jet fuel demand by 2030, rising to 22% by 2040.
HUI's board believes the UK licence positions it to seek support from the fund given its waste-to-syngas conversion route.
"We are delighted to strengthen our partnership with InEnTec, which operates the only commercially proven technology in its class," said chief executive Aleksandra Binkowska, adding that the company will now engage with feedstock suppliers and offtake partners and finalise a UK site location.
News Intelligence what this means for the company
HUI has licensed UK rights to InEnTec's plasma gasification technology for sustainable aviation fuel production, paying $500,000 ($250,000 upfront, $250,000 deferred). The move extends an earlier exclusive MENA licence and positions the company to pursue UK government funding: the Department for Transport's Low Carbon Fuels Fund is deploying £93 million over two years to scale SAF production toward a 10% jet fuel mandate by 2030. HUI is now in site-selection and feedstock-partner engagement for its UK deployment.
The licence is a step toward commercialising HUI's waste-to-syngas route, but the company remains pre-revenue and early-stage. Access to the £93 million UK fund is conditional on competitive selection and project readiness; the board's belief that the licence positions HUI to seek support does not guarantee funding. The $500,000 outlay is material against the £850,000 fundraise completed in July 2026, consuming roughly 60% of that capital.
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