The U.S. now boasts the first commercial production plant capable of converting ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel.
LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels, located between Macon and Savannah, Georgia, is a new 10 million gallon a year facility that will source low-carbon ethanol to produce SAF and renewable diesel.
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association director Monte Shaw attended the recent grand opening and says sustainable aviation fuel is here and now.
“We’ve seen it from other feedstocks, particularly fats, oils, and greases.