LanzaJet celebrates opening of SAF production facility
Published by Poppy Clements,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
LanzaJet's technology is recognised as a pioneering ethanol to SAF production process and pathway. This ethanol-based technology is the world's first viable next-generation SAF technology capable of scaling production to the levels needed to decarbonise aviation through widely available and sustainable feedstock, emerging commercial waste-based feedstock solutions, and promising economic conditions.
Located in Soperton, Georgia, US, LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels represents one of the most promising SAF technologies to reach commercial readiness, and will produce 10 million gal/yr of SAF and renewable diesel from low-carbon, sustainable, and certified ethanol which meets US and global standards. LanzaJet's technology enables current and future supply volume to support a scaled SAF industry as well as the White House's SAF Grand Challenge, which calls for a supply of at least 3 billion gal/yr of SAF by 2030 to tangibly reduce aviation emissions.
LanzaJet's Freedom Pines Fuels plant represents the culmination of a history of firsts within the SAF industry, dating back to its origin in 2010 as the first ethanol to SAF technology to have derived in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL). The technology's first commercial flights were completed with Virgin Atlantic and All Nippon Airways (ANA) in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
"Today is testament to the conviction required by industry, government, and funders to advance innovation and stretch the boundaries of what is achievable to address decarbonisation and tackle climate change. This is a historic milestone in a long history of firsts for LanzaJet, the US, and the SAF industry globally," said LanzaJet CEO, Jimmy Samartzis. "Our novel LanzaJet ethanol to SAF process technology is now deployed at our commercial plant in Georgia which will convert ethanol into drop-in SAF. As we start-up the plant, we will continue to refine our technology, while launching our efforts to advance new sustainable fuels projects globally. Between feedstock versatility, efficiency, and economics that enable scale in the US and globally, we stand ready to meet aviation's decarbonisation goals established at the UN and country ambitions, such as the US SAF Grand Challenge."
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/clean-fuels/25012024/lanzajet-celebrates-opening-of-saf-production-facility/
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