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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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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 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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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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LanzaJet announced the full erection of its Freedom Pines Fuels biorefinery in Soperton, Georgia, the world's first alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel commercial production facility. The plant is slated for completion and commissioning in late 2023, with a planned capacity of 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel per year.
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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 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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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 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 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, 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 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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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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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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LanzaJet was named to TIME's 2024 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies, recognizing its impact in sustainable aviation fuel. The company operates an ethanol-to-SAF plant in Georgia and has secured investment from Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, and other major stakeholders.
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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 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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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.
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GAPKI reported commodity closing prices for 30 September 2026. Data includes CBOT soybean, EU palm oil, MDEX CPO, ICDX CPO, and JFX OLE prices.
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INERATEC and Ramboll are in the FEED phase to expand the ERA ONE power-to-liquid plant in Frankfurt-Höchst with an upgrading unit for on-site e-SAF production. The project, supported by Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and the EIB, integrates isomerization, hydrocracking, and distillation to convert Fischer-Tropsch crude into certified e-fuels.
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Estonian startup New Standard Oil and German Fraunhofer institutes have started validating the first industrial prototype of the UNIFORMER platform at TRL-6. The modular system aims to convert European bio-waste into renewable materials, chemicals, and energy products.
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GAPKI stated that Indonesia's palm oil industry is relatively ready for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), but smallholder farmers remain the most vulnerable link in the supply chain. The association proposed a 'regulated inclusion' approach to ensure smallholders remain integrated while meeting traceability and legality requirements.
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Gujarat and Assam chief ministers and the federal ports minister laid the foundation stone for India's first port-based e-methanol plant at Deendayal Port in Kandla. The 150 tonne per day facility, costing almost $240 million, will supply fuel to ships on the Asia-Europe route, with the first 50 tonnes per day phase targeted for January 2027.
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Kokuka Sangyo took delivery of the 1,223-dwt Kokuryu Maru, its first dedicated methanol-fueled chemical tanker, which completed its first methanol bunkering on Sept. 24 at Kinoe Port in Hiroshima Prefecture. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical will charter the vessel, which will primarily transport methanol on domestic routes and also serve as a methanol bunkering ship.
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China Changjiang National Shipping Group plans to deliver Changjiang No. 7, a 638-passenger methanol-powered smart cruise ship, by late December 2026. Designed by Wuhan Changjiang Ship Design Institute and built by China Merchants Industry Holdings, the vessel targets the high-end Yangtze Three Gorges leisure market.
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China’s Maritime Safety Administration issued immediate technical and inspection rules for inland methanol bunkering barges. The guidelines cover methanol-only, converted, and combined barges, mandating separate tanks, independent systems, and safety equipment while prohibiting simultaneous bunkering of two ships or fuels.
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Cosmo Oil, Sakaide City, JGC Holdings, Revo International and SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY announced a cooperation agreement signed on 30 September. Sakaide opened eight household used-cooking-oil collection points that day; collected oil will be transported to the operating SAF plant in Sakai. The release does not state the expected household collection volume.
Why it matters:Adds municipal collection infrastructure to a domestic used-oil-to-SAF supply chain.
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Cardano Foundation announced two blockchain initiatives with Petrobras for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and Diesel R. The projects use blockchain to track environmental benefits and fuel lifecycle data, including a Book-and-Claim model for SAF certificates.
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Aemetis announced it received $22.4 million from selling Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credits generated from 2026 ethanol and RNG production. The company expects to increase the per-gallon credit value once low-carbon corn feedstock use is fully documented.
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Sens. Grassley and Klobuchar introduced legislation to extend the Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit through 2029. The credit, which expires on December 31, 2026, provides a $0.20 per gallon tax incentive for biodiesel producers using domestic feedstocks.
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President Macron urged the European Commission to relax fuel-quality rules to allow higher biofuel blends in diesel and kerosene. The European Biodiesel Board welcomed the call, stating the industry is ready to support rapid decarbonisation if blending limits are raised.
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BiodieselBR, citing an ANP balance released on 29 September, reports that Brazilian distributors lifted slightly more than 1.82 million m³ of biodiesel in the fourth two-month period of 2026, compared with just over 1.77 million m³ a year earlier. Its headline states that 98% of contracted fuel was collected. The accessible article excerpt describes physical liftings, not installed production capacity.
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Caramuru's board authorized a US$100 million loan from Rabobank to fund a new biodiesel investment plan. The specific details of the investment plan were not disclosed in the available documents.
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Aether Fuels announced its integrated demo line produced ASTM D7566-compliant SAF from Kentucky landfill gas and industrial CO2. AmSpec testing confirmed FT-SPK compliance, supporting the planned 50 bpd Project Beacon in Singapore.
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GAPKI published commodity price data for 29 September 2026, including CBOT soybean and soy oil prices. It listed CPO prices from MDEX, ICDX, JFX, and KPB Nusantara, along with MYR and IDR exchange rates.
