LanzaJet successfully produces jet fuel from ethanol at Freedom Pines site

LanzaJet has begun fully operating and producing fuels at its LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia, USA.
This marks both the world’s first production of jet fuel using ethanol as a feedstock at a commercial-scale plant and the first non-oil-based renewable solution compatible with today’s aircraft.
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.
“Today proves what happens when you bring together innovation, resilience, ingenuity, and teamwork to think big and develop a new industry, overcome challenges and enable global growth,” said Jimmy Samartzis, chief executive officer of LanzaJet. ​“This is an important milestone for LanzaJet and our investors, and it’s a major win for global aviation – perhaps serving as a beacon of hope for the future. 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’re now in a unique position with technology and operational know-how to shape this global industry in the decade ahead.”
One of the most promising technologies in nearly a decade to reach commercial readiness, 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 LanzaJet’s breakthrough technology.
LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels serves as a blueprint for future SAF production, creating a new pathway for global deployment and commercialization of the company’s ATJ technology.
LanzaJet successfully troubleshot and brought into operation a fully integrated First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) plant and technology solution.
Included in LanzaJet’s plant are also FOAK technologies — Technip Energies’ Hummingbird® technology — an ethanol-to-ethylene solution, and oligomerisation jointly developed by the US Department of Energy and LanzaTech.
Located in Treutlen County in Soperton, Georgia and less than 100 miles from Savannah, LanzaJet invested over $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.
LanzaJet stands as the culmination of a history of firsts within the SAF industry, dating back to its origins as part of LanzaTech in 2012 as the first ethanol-to-SAF technology which was developed in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Lab.