In the UK, LanzaTech Global has announced Saltend Chemicals Park in Humberside as the intended location for its pioneering DRAGON II project—a £600 million investment to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel at scale. Once operational, DRAGON II is expected to deliver around 80,000 metric tons of SAF, about 1% of UK jet […]
In Japan, LanzaTech Global, Inc. announced the successful operational results at the municipal solid waste (MSW) to ethanol pilot plant in Kuji City, Iwate, Japan owned and operated by longstanding partner, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. This 1/10th commercial scale facility, with the capacity to produce approximately 400 tons of ethanol per year, operated for nearly […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech Global, Inc. announced an increase in its holdings of LanzaJet, Inc. to 53%. This announcement follows the successful commissioning and production of ASTM-certified sustainable fuels including Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (SPK) and Renewable Diesel (RD) at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia, the world’s first commercial-scale plant to produce jet fuel from […]
In Norway, LanzaTech Global announced the awarding of a €40 million grant from the European Union’s Innovation Fund, subject to the finalization of the grant agreement. The project, featuring the first commercial deployment of LanzaTech’s second-generation bioreactor, aims to produce 23.5 kt (~8M U.S. gallons) of ethanol per year by consuming smelter furnace greenhouse gases […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech Global announced its intent to form LanzaX, a business unit dedicated to its wholly-owned synthetic biology platform. LanzaTech intends to spin out LanzaX from its core biorefining business as a joint venture with Tharsis Capital LLC in the coming months. The Company also announced the appointment of Justin Pugh as Interim Chief […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech Global announced plans to develop a commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization facility at Herøya Industrial Park in Porsgrunn, Norway. The plant will produce ethanol and is expected to begin operations in 2028. Eramet will supply furnace gas as feedstock to the facility from the Porsgrunn Manganese Alloys smelter but will not participate […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech Global, Inc. and LanzaJet, Inc. are launching CirculAir, a new joint offering to convert waste, carbon, and renewable power into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and immediately accelerate decarbonization of the aviation industry globally. CirculAir is a breakthrough offering that provides an economical and commercialized alternative to Fischer-Tropsch technology to create eFuels, Power-to-Liquids […]
