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Jet Zero Australia appointed Mac Irvine as CFO and Rick Koumouris as Non-Executive Director in February 2024. The company stated these hires strengthen leadership as Project Ulysses targets Front End Engineering and Design and progresses towards Final Investment Decision.
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Jet Zero Australia published its first sustainability report aligned with UN SDGs and joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). The company stated this demonstrates its commitment to third-party certification for future Sustainable Aviation Fuel production.
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LanzaJet opened Freedom Pines Fuels in Soperton, Georgia, the world’s first ethanol-to-sustainable aviation fuel production facility. The plant will produce 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel annually from certified ethanol, supporting U.S. decarbonization goals.
Why it matters:Announces the commercial launch of a novel ethanol-to-SAF facility, marking a key step in scaling next-generation aviation fuel production.
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Jet Zero Australia attended the groundbreaking of LanzaJet's Freedom Pines Fuels Project in Georgia, its first commercial-scale ATJ plant producing 38M litres of SAF annually. This milestone de-risks Jet Zero's larger Project Ulysses in North Queensland, which targets 102M litres of SAF per year using LanzaJet's technology.
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Aether Fuels announced US$8.5 million in pre-Series A financing via convertible notes from JetBlue Ventures, TechEnergy Ventures, Doral Energy Tech Ventures, Foothill Ventures, and Xora Innovation. The company will use the funds to accelerate technology development, expand its Chicago demo facility, and grow its global team.
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JGC Holdings announced the formulation of its Green Bond Framework and submitted a shelf registration for its inaugural green bond. The planned JPY 10 billion issuance, due in September 2023, will fund projects in sustainable aviation fuel, CO2 polymer synthesis, and silicon nitride substrates.
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Aether Fuels appointed Sanjiv Dabee and Steve Liang as Vice Presidents of Engineering to lead its Americas and Asia teams. The executives bring over 60 years of combined experience in developing large-scale fuel production facilities.
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Breakthrough Energy announced a $50 million Catalyst grant for LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, GA. The facility, projected to be operational in 2023, will produce nine million gallons of Alcohol-to-Jet SAF annually, claiming at least 70% lower emissions than fossil jet fuel.
Why it matters:Announces a $50 million grant for the first commercial Alcohol-to-Jet SAF plant, highlighting a key milestone in sustainable aviation fuel deployment.
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JGC Holdings announced the establishment of Sustainable Solutions by JGC Corporation on September 1, 2022. The unit targets overseas low-carbon initiatives like hydrogen, SMRs, and SAF, starting with 70 employees and aiming for 100 by fiscal 2023.
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LanzaJet and Technip Energies announced an expanded collaboration to deploy LanzaJet’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. The alliance integrates Technip’s Hummingbird technology into LanzaJet’s process to support global project engineering and construction, aiming to accelerate SAF deployment across multiple regions.
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LanzaJet announced a strategic investment from Airbus on July 24, 2024, to scale its ethanol-to-SAF technology. The investment supports LanzaJet's capacity expansion and is part of a broader funding round involving other industry leaders.
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LanzaJet praised Illinois for signing the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Purchase Credit, part of the Invest in Illinois Act. The legislation creates a $1.50/gallon tax credit for SAF with at least 50% lifecycle carbon reduction, valid until 2033.
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LanzaTech and LanzaJet launched CirculAir, a joint offering converting waste, carbon, and renewable power into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The solution uses gas fermentation to ethanol and Alcohol-to-Jet technology, claiming SAF production with at least 85% emissions reduction potential.
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LanzaJet CEO Jimmy Samartzis stated at the Clean Energy Ministerial in Pittsburgh that the company is scaling its alcohol-to-jet technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel. LanzaJet aims to fulfill 1 billion gallons of the U.S. SAF target by 2030, with its first biorefinery in Georgia expected to be operational in 2023.
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British Airways, LanzaJet, and Nova Pangaea Technologies signed an agreement to accelerate Project Speedbird, a UK sustainable aviation fuel initiative launched in 2021. The planned facility in North East England aims to produce 102 million litres of SAF annually from waste, with British Airways intending to offtake all output.
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NorSAF has agreed to collaborate with Nova Pangaea Technologies to develop an advanced ethanol production plant in Latvia. The plant is intended to supply NorSAF’s SAF facility.
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Groupe ADP invested $20 million in LanzaJet to support sustainable aviation fuel technology deployment. This investment follows LanzaJet's opening of its first commercial-scale ethanol-to-SAF plant in the US.
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Airbus and LanzaJet signed a memorandum of understanding on June 22, 2023, to advance LanzaJet's Alcohol-to-Jet SAF production facilities. The collaboration aims to accelerate the certification and adoption of 100% drop-in SAF to support commercial aviation decarbonization goals.
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LanzaJet announced a $30 million investment from Southwest Airlines to develop a U.S. sustainable aviation fuel facility. The partnership aims to advance SAF production and support SAFFiRE Renewables' corn stover ethanol technology.
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LanzaJet marked its third anniversary of operations on June 1, 2023, highlighting its alcohol-to-jet technology. The company plans to open its first ATJ plant in Soperton, Georgia, later in 2023, with an annual capacity of 10 million gallons.
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LanzaJet said the final modules had been set for the fully erected 10-plus-story biorefinery forming the technology core of Freedom Pines Fuels in Soperton, Georgia. The company said the remaining build would continue through 2023, with completion and commissioning then planned for late 2023; the facility was designed to produce 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel per year.
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Ernst & Young announced LanzaJet CEO Jimmy Samartzis as a finalist for the 2024 Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest Award. The program, in its 38th year, recognizes entrepreneurs in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, with regional winners to be announced on June 12.
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LanzaJet received EPA approval to generate D4 RINs for SAF and renewable diesel from sugarcane ethanol at its Soperton, GA facility. This marks the first EPA approval for ethanol as a feedstock for SAF under the RFS program, supporting planned production of 10 million gallons per year.
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LanzaJet, British Airways, and Nova Pangaea Technologies secured $11.2M from the UK Advanced Fuels Fund for Project Speedbird. The partnership plans to produce 27 million gallons of SAF annually by 2028, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by 230,000 tons per year.
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LanzaJet was named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list in May 2024. The company’s CEO and partners highlighted its role in sustainable aviation fuel and net-zero transition.
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LanzaJet and LanzaTech were selected by Air New Zealand and the New Zealand government to conduct a feasibility study for domestic sustainable aviation fuel production using forestry residue. The study, expected to conclude by mid-2024, will assess technical, economic, and supply chain viability to support Air New Zealand’s net-zero 2050 target.
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LanzaJet became the first new energy fuel provider to join the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) on July 12, 2023. The company aims to support the aviation sector's net-zero carbon goal by 2050 through sustainable aviation fuel adoption.
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LanzaJet praised the Inflation Reduction Act for supporting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. The company aims to produce 1 billion gallons of SAF by 2030 using its Alcohol-to-Jet technology.
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LanzaJet announced a partnership with Jet Zero Australia to develop an alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel plant in Queensland. Supported by Qantas, Airbus, and the Queensland Government, the project aims to establish Australia's first ATJ SAF production facility.
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LanzaTech and LanzaJet announced a project with Wagner Sustainable Fuels to evaluate equipping its Brisbane SAF Refinery with the CirculAir platform. The project, backed by Boeing and the Queensland Government, aims to convert waste carbon into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to support Australia's energy security and aviation decarbonization goals.
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LanzaJet was named to MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch list in October 2024. The company, which opened its first ethanol-to-SAF plant in Georgia in January 2024, is recognized for its alcohol-to-jet technology aimed at decarbonizing aviation.
