LanzaJet produces jet fuel from ethanol

This achievement marks the culmination of 15 years of research and development, collaboration, investment, and scale-up, and represents a critical breakthrough for the aviation industry with evidence that ethanol can be transformed into jet fuel at commercial scale. With the bio-oil HEFA pathway expected to near a plateau in available and qualified feedstocks, LanzaJet’s proprietary alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) technology has now unlocked the next wave of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology applicable to nearly all regions throughout the world and needed by the sector.

Jimmy Samartzis, CEO of LanzaJet, said: “This is an important milestone for LanzaJet and our investors, and it is a major win for global aviation. Our story at LanzaJet is one of impact – building a new industry, creating value, and delivering on our commitments regardless of obstacles in our way. We are now in a unique position with technology and operational know-how to shape this global industry in the decade ahead.”

LanzaJet’s ATJ technology offers a scalable solution to decarbonise aviation, leveraging the world’s widely available ethanol feedstocks and the substantial additional production of ethanol possible from waste sources and recycled carbon. It provides the opportunity for countries to reinforce and expand their agriculture sectors by accessing this new market, enables economic development, and enhances domestic energy security. Nations can now leverage and control supply chains and domestic production of their fuels with this technology.

LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels serves as a blueprint for future SAF production, creating a new pathway for global deployment and commercialisation of the company’s ATJ technology. LanzaJet troubleshot and brought into operation a fully integrated plant and technology solution. Included in LanzaJet’s plant are Technip Energies’ Hummingbird^® technology – an ethanol-to-ethylene solution, and oligomerisation jointly developed by the US Department of Energy and LanzaTech. LanzaJet invested in, engineered, built, integrated, and fully operationalised these technologies and the overall integrated solution to efficiently operate the plant as the first commercial-scale fuels facility.

The technology is designed to work with a broad range of sustainable feedstocks – including agricultural residues, energy crops, municipal solid waste, and captured carbon – to deliver significant lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reductions compared to conventional jet fuel. Once blended with Jet A-1 fuel, the result is a fully certified solution compatible with existing aircraft and infrastructure. LanzaJet is delivering this technology throughout the world including the US, Australia, Japan, India, UK, Colombia, EU, Middle East, and Kazakhstan.

Located in Treutlen County in Soperton, Georgia and less than 100 miles from Savannah, LanzaJet invested over US$300 million to develop this facility which employed more than 300 people during construction and has created more than 65 direct and indirect jobs during ongoing operations.

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