(The SAF Coalition) The SAF Coalition will work to advance federal support for the development, growth and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel -- Today, 40 companies and organizations that hold a stake in the development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel united
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Back TO HOMEThe Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the Circular Carbon Economy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Carbon is the foundation of our material world, says LanzaTech CTO Rob Conrado in these slides presented at ABLC 2024. It’s in the products we use, the planes we fly, the clothes we wear. Where our
April 16, 2024 Read Full Article
Technip Energies and LanzaTech Selected by the US Department of Energy to Receive $200M Investment for Breakthrough, Replicable Decarbonized Ethylene Commercial Facility
(LanzaTech) Technip Energies and LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA) were selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations to begin award negotiations for up to $200 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding as
April 05, 2024 Read Full Article
Green Jet Fuel Plant Set to Produce ‘Hundreds’ of Port Talbot Jobs
by Ben Butler (Insider Media) A multimillion-pound scheme to construct a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility, which could create hundreds of jobs in Port Talbot, looks set to receive the go-ahead. In November last year, LanzaTech UK Ltd submitted a planning application
March 27, 2024 Read Full Article
The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2024
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Praj Industries took the #1 spot in the 2024 “50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy” rankings, published today in The Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily. Virent (#2), Gevo (#3), LanzaJet (#4), BioVeritas (#5), LanzaTech
March 16, 2024 Read Full Article
The Bioeconomy 500 for 2024 – Outstanding Leaders of the Bioeconomy’s Development and Deployment
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2024, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The Bioeconomy 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers,
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LanzaJet Announces $30 Million Investment from Southwest Airlines to Accelerate Company's Growth and Advance U.S. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
(LanzaJet/PR Newswire) LanzaJet Plans to Support Southwest Airlines with U.S. SAF Production and with Development of Ethanol from Agriculture Residue with SAFFiRE Renewables -- LanzaJet, Inc. (LanzaJet) a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today announced a $30 million investment by
February 29, 2024 Read Full Article
International Airlines Group Inks 14-year Twelve eSAF Deal, Jumpstarting Era of Fuels Made from CO2, Water
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) International Airlines Group announced a fourteen-year contract with Twelve to supply IAG with 785,000 tonnes* of e-SAF, made from made from CO2, water and renewable energy, to support five European airlines — British Airways, Iberia, Aer
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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Since 2005, LanzaTech has been working to create this closed-loop system using waste carbon to make the things we use in our daily lives. LanzaTech is changing how people think about carbon, creating value and new
February 17, 2024 Read Full Article
Mobilizing Sustainable Biomass Feedstocks for Future Fuels and Chemicals
(Biofuture Platform) The CEM14/MI-8 Side Event on Mobilizing Sustainable Biomass Feedstocks was held on 19 July 2023. The Side Event was organized by the CEM Biofuture Platform Initiative and the Co-leads of the MI Integrated Biorefineries (India and Netherlands). The purpose
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CEM14/MI-8 Minister – CEO Biofuels Roundtable
(Biofuture Platform) The CEM14/MI-8 closed door Minister – The CEM14/MI-8 closed door Minister – CEO Roundtable on Biofuels was held on 21st July. The Roundtable was organized by the CEM Biofuture Platform Initiative and the Co-leads of the MI Integrated Biorefineries (India
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LanzaJet Celebrates Grand Opening of Freedom Pines Fuels Plant, the World's First Ethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Facility Government, Corporate, and Community
(LanzaJet/PR Newswire) Leaders Mark Historic Milestone as LanzaJet Launches Ground-breaking Next-Gen SAF Technology -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today joined government officials, industry leaders, partners, and supporters to open LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels, the world's
January 24, 2024 Read Full Article
50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy, Voting Opens DEADLINE February 23, 2024
(Biofuels Digest) In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of voting for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy for 2024. In all, a record 437 companies were nominated for the ballot this year. Voting Rules Voting will be open to all
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We’re on the Brink of a Biotech ‘Revolution,’ Says NSCEB Report
(BIO.News) Biotechnology can play a key role in improving human health and a better environment, help us curb food insecurity, and strengthening energy security while stimulating economic growth and contributing to national defense and security. This is the message of a
January 19, 2024 Read Full Article
Report Highlights Biotech’s Contributions to UN Sustainable Development Goals
(Biotechnology Innovation Organization) Biotech has an essential role in achieving sustainable development, says a new report, Biotechnology: Driving Solutions for Sustainable Development. The report was published on Dec. 21 by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) in collaboration with the International Council of
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NEXTCHEM Awarded New Project in the UAE for the Transformation of Solid Waste into Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(NEXTCHEM) MyRechemical to carry out a Waste-to-Chemicals Feasibility Study to support US LanzaTech and Tadweer (Abu Dhabi waste management company) to accelerate a circular carbon economy -- MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions BU), through its subsidiary MyRechemical, a leader in waste-to-chemicals,
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Accelerating Global Sustainable Waste Management: LanzaTech and Tadweer Explore Transforming Solid Waste into Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(LanzaTech) Feasibility study aims to advance the US and UAE's bilateral partnership for accelerating clean energy by laying the groundwork for bolstering waste management’s role in a circular carbon economy -- LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA), the carbon recycling company transforming waste
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Groups Want Congress to Tweak Carbon Capture Incentives
by Carlos Anchondo (Politico Pro Energywire) Advocates say a failure to act would imperil the technology's adoption. -- A contingent of carbon capture and storage proponents is urging Congress to tweak a tax credit essential to greater project deployment. In a letter Monday,
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LanzaTech CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren Recognized in TIME’s Inaugural TIME100 Climate List
(LanzaTech) Dr. Holmgren joins businesses and leaders lauded for their influence in driving climate action for her leadership in scaling carbon biorecycling and catalyzing a circular economy Today (November 16, 2023), TIME named Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA) to
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Jennifer Holmgren on the Circular Carbon Economy: The Head of Lanzatech Says This Is the Year to Get Serious about It
by Jennifer Holmgren (The Economist) The World Ahead | By Invitation: Science in 2024 -- Carbon is a main component in the make-up of all living things. It is the primary ingredient in the threads in our clothes, the materials in our homes and
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ArcelorMittal S.A.: ArcelorMittal Announces the First Industrial Production of Ethanol
(ArcelorMittal/Globe Newswire) ArcelorMittal announces the first industrial production of ethanol at its Steelanol plant, Europe’s first carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) project. This historic milestone was achieved on 7 November 2023, at ArcelorMittal Belgium’s Gent plant. The first industrial-scale production is
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How LanzaTech and Virent Are Fueling the Energy Transition – with Biotech
by J.P. Carroll (Bio.News)... On November 2, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) hosted a webinar as part of its Climate Policy Innovation Series, “Fueling the Energy Transition.” Moderated by John Torres, BIO’s Director of Federal Government Relations for Agriculture & Environment,
November 08, 2023 Read Full Article
Low Carbon Fuels 2040: The Emerging Markets
(Biofuels Digest/Nuu Media) Low Carbon Fuels 2040: The Emerging Markets provides detailed case studies, updates and analysis of the key producers and developers participating in Renewable Diesel projects and Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) projects in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, and in South
November 07, 2023 Read Full Article
LanzaTech Forms Joint Venture with Olayan Financing Company to Deploy Carbon Recycling Technology in Saudi Arabia
(LanzaTech) LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA), the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable raw materials, and Olayan Financing Company (OFC), the parent company of The Olayan Group’s businesses and investments in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, have formed a joint venture
November 01, 2023 Read Full Article
Opinion: Climate Change and Hunger Are Here Now—a New Farm Bill Can’t Wait
by Beth Ellikidis (Biotechnology Innovation Organization/Agri-Pulse) ... One way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our climate is by getting more of the energy we use from above the ground instead of beneath it. The biotech company LanzaTech genetically engineers microbes to
October 25, 2023 Read Full Article
They Said it, They Showed It: Heard on the Floor at ABLC Next 2023
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At ABLC Next, delegates were buzzing about some outrageously quotable quotes, some hot slides that did build-ups and takedowns on every imaginable good and bad idea, plus news of company progress and setbacks, the rise of
October 24, 2023 Read Full Article
The Three Musketeers, LanzaTech, Ensyn, Linde Unveil SAF Game-Changer
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At ABLC Next, news arrived that Ensyn, Linde Corp and LanzaTech have formed an alliance develop and implement the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel other renewable fuels and a range of useful materials from cellulosic biomass
October 23, 2023 Read Full Article
Chemicals from Thin Air: Gas Fermentation and the Future of Bio-manufacturing
(World Bio Market Insights) Bacteria can metabolise sugars in milk or wheat into wondrous forms like sourdough bread, sauerkraut, beer and cheese. Modern industrial fermentation uses similar techniques: it cultivates biochemicals in the bodies of microorganisms for drugs, proteins, nutraceuticals, and
October 18, 2023 Read Full Article
New Measures to Support Sustainable Aviation Fuel Industry
(U.K. Department for Transport) Government to introduce a revenue certainty scheme to support SAF production in the UK. the government has committed to introduce a revenue certainty scheme as part of the UK’s world-leading sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme, helping create new jobs
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LanzaTech Announces the Launch of Pre-Application Consultation on Plans to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Port Talbot.
(LanzaDragon) LanzaTech UK Ltd, a subsidiary of LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNZA) (“LanzaTech” or the “Company”) has announced the next stage of consultation on its proposed industrial facility to turn ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel. The Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) follows a
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LanzaTech Chief Sustainability Officer: ‘There’s No Need to Take Carbon Out of the Ground; There’s Enough above Ground to Make Everything We Need’
by Elaine Watson (Ag Funder News) A specialist in converting carbon emissions from industrial processes into high-value products via a continuous microbial fermentation process, Illinois-based LanzaTech started out as a fuel company, but is also seeking to make waves in new areas from packaging to
August 18, 2023 Read Full Article
The Race to Invent a Greener Jet Fuel
by Ted Anton (Wall Street Journal) With airlines striving to reduce emissions, companies are working to turn beef fat, vegetable oil and carbon waste into sustainable fuels -- Sustainable aviation fuels are approaching a breakthrough moment. Made mostly from agricultural, food and industrial
July 24, 2023 Read Full Article
Aviation Sector Buys into Cutting-Edge Ways to Reduce CO2 Footprint
by Ken Silverstein (Forbes) ... To that end, a new plant is breaking ground today in Washington State to transform CO2 into jet fuel — a technology that could clean up air travel. The U.S. Air Force has tested the product, affirming that
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GAIL, LanzaTech Enter Strategic Partnership to Explore Biorecycling Carbon Waste into Fuels and Chemicals
(LanzaTech/Yahoo!) GAIL (India) Limited, India’s largest natural gas company and LanzaTech Global, Inc., (Nasdaq: LNZA)—an innovative carbon capture and utilization (“CCU”) company that converts waste carbon into products that people use in their daily lives—have entered a partnership to explore innovative
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Primetals Technologies and LanzaTech Announce Renewal of Ten-Year Cooperation to Advance Industry Transition to Green Steel
(LanzaTech) Cooperation to accelerate deployment of LanzaTech’s commercial carbon recycling technology for iron and steel industry and expand ecosystem of partners -- Primetals Technologies, Limited and LanzaTech Global Inc. (Nasdaq: LNZA), a leading carbon capture and utilization company, today announced the
June 29, 2023 Read Full Article
TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 ... LanzaTech
(Time Magazine) ... To create TIME100 Companies, our editors, led by Emma Barker, seek nominations from across sectors, and poll our global network of contributors and correspondents, as well as outside experts. Then we evaluate each on key factors, including impact,
June 22, 2023 Read Full Article
LanzaJet and LanzaTech Selected by Air New Zealand and New Zealand Government to Undertake Study for Domestic Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production in New Zealand
(LanzaJet) Companies to Undertake Feasibility Study and Establish Development Plan for Commercial SAF Production -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNZA), an innovative carbon capture and utilization (“CCU”) company that transforms
June 20, 2023 Read Full Article
World’s Leading Steel Company, ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Announce First Ethanol Samples from Commercial Flagship Carbon Capture and Utilisation Facility in Ghent, Belgium
(LanzaTech) €200 million commercial scale CCU plant first of its kind in the European steel industry; Facility employing LanzaTech’s cutting-edge carbon recycling process couples decarbonization technology with chemical production to advance EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan and a circular economy ArcelorMittal
June 15, 2023 Read Full Article
G20 Collaboration Crucial to Realize Full Potential of Biofuels, Says Petroleum Secretary
(LiveMint) It is important that G20 nations work together to tap into the full potential of biofuels to create a more sustainable future, said Pankaj Jain, secretary of ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), Pankaj Jain. Jain was delivering the
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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) With proven technology at the nexus of two mandated markets, industrial and consumer — LanzaTech has been on fire in recent months. Here’s more on their commercial operating plants, plants scheduled to complete construction in
May 17, 2023 Read Full Article
ADNOC, LanzaTech Enter Strategic Partnership to Explore Biotechnology Solutions for Decarbonization of Fuels and Chemicals
(LanzaTech) LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNZA)—an innovative carbon capture and transformation (“CCT”) company that converts waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products that people use in their daily lives—and ADNOC have entered a partnership to
May 12, 2023 Read Full Article
Meet 10 Women Who Are Leading The Synthetic Biology Revolution
by John Cumbers (Forbes) ... These ten powerful women are shaping our world as company leaders, biosecurity experts, policymakers, and philanthropists focused on charting a new course to a more sustainable, equitable, clean, and safe future. Emily Leproust, CEO & Co-founder,
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SMOKE STACK - Two 5-Letter Words for EARTH MONTH
Did you know that transportation fuel can be made from the emissions coming out of a SMOKE STACK? Learn about LanzaTech and LanzaJet that use the carbon monoxide in flue gas to make ethanol, sustainable aviation fuel and many other
April 16, 2023 Read Full Article
SYNBIOBETA 2023: The Global Synthetic Biology Conference --- May 23-25, 2023 --- Oakland, CA
We're bringing the sythetic biology world together. Here's what you can look forwart to. CONFERENCE THEMES: Human Health, Tools & Technology, Planetary Health, Biology & Society Welcome Reception & 20+ Networking Events 80+ Exhibitors 4 Themes 14 Tracks 8 Keynotes 8
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Against the Odds: Continuing down the Path Where Many Have Floundered, LanzaTech’s Momentum Is Undeniable.
by Katie Schroeder (SAF Magazine) When LanzaTech was founded in New Zealand in 2005, the company was born out of a desire to find solutions. At its inception, the founders were looking for a waste feedstock that was abundant and
April 12, 2023 Read Full Article
Key Words from ABLC
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Every ABLC, held each Spring in Washington, DC, reveals the zeitgeist of the renewable sustainable fuels world and bits of the bioeconomy it intesects. This year was no exception with the following Key Words
March 27, 2023 Read Full Article
The Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Announces Six Nominees for the Innovation Award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2023”.
(nova-Institute) From Emission-made Shoes to Jet Fuels – Smart Innovations Make CO2 the Feedstock of the Future -- Smart innovations are helping to rewrite the story of CO2 by providing sustainable carbon sources that can successfully replace fossil carbon. Last year, the United
March 16, 2023 Read Full Article
NREL Launches Synthetic Biology Project to Advance Biofuels
(National Renewable Energy Laboratory/Ethanol Producer Magazine) The pathway that leads us away from unsustainable fossil fuel consumption is not straight and narrow but filled with many branches of possibilities. One of those branches—carbon-negative production of biofuels and biochemicals—is the focus of
February 22, 2023 Read Full Article
United Rallies Businesses and Consumers with New, First-of-its-Kind $100+ Million Sustainable Flight Fund
(United Airlines/PR Newswire) Investment vehicle supports start-ups focused on the reduction of carbon emissions in aviation through sustainable aviation fuel research, technology and production; Fund starts with more than $100 million investment from United and its inaugural corporate partners like JPMorgan Chase,
February 22, 2023 Read Full Article
First in Technology, First in Commercialization, First in the Hearts of the Bioeconomy: a Presidents’ Day Look at LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The timelines of the company’s development may have been pushed back here and there by pandemic, but the patience of LanzaTech’s worldwide cadre of fans was rewarded when news arrived from the Financial Temples of
February 22, 2023 Read Full Article
Now Launching: The Gevo Channel
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week we have a special addition to our ROBIN streaming experience and our library of more than 400 industry videos and recordings — we're welcoming the GEVO CHANNEL, which will keep the bioeconomy up-to-date, informed
February 20, 2023 Read Full Article
LanzaTech and Tadweer to Explore Collaboration on Conversion of Waste to Alternative Fuels
(LanzaTech) The potential project aims to identify the optimum transformation for multiple solid waste streams to clean fuel or clean energy -- LanzaTech Global, Inc. ("LanzaTech"), an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation ("CCT") company that transforms waste carbon into materials such
February 16, 2023 Read Full Article
Will Ethanol Fuel a Low-Carbon Future?
by Craig Bettenhausen (Chemical & Engineering News) After decades of false starts, cellulosic ethanol may arrive just as the chemical and fuel industries clamor for a low-carbon feedstock -- Cellulosic ethanol has been 5 years away for decades. It’s a trope,
February 13, 2023 Read Full Article
LanzaTech and AMCI Acquisition Corp. II Announce Closing of Business Combination, Establishing First Public Carbon Capture and Transformation Company
(LanzaTech/Business Wire) On February 10, 2023, LanzaTech’s common stock and public warrants expected to begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols LNZA and LNZAW, respectively. Total transaction proceeds of approximately $240 million expected to fund business plan through estimated cashflow
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The Bioeconomy 500 for 2023 – Outstanding Leaders of the Bioeconomy’s Development and Deployment
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2023, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers,
February 07, 2023 Read Full Article
Indian Oil to Partner with LanzaJet to Produce Cleaner Aviation Fuel
by Nidhi Verma (Reuters) Indian Oil Corp (IOC.NS) will sign an agreement with LanzaJet to produce cleaner aviation fuel at its Panipat refinery in northern India, the state-run refiner's Chairman S. M. Vaidya told Reuters on Monday. Chicago, U.S.-based LanzaJet helps companies produce aviation
February 06, 2023 Read Full Article
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $118 Million to Accelerate Domestic Biofuel Production
(U.S. Department of Energy) 17 Projects Will Boost Production of Biofuels for Consumer and Freight Transportation in America, Support President Biden’s Decarbonization and Climate Agenda -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $118 million in funding for 17 projects
January 26, 2023 Read Full Article
HySkies: Fossil-Free Aviation Fuel Receives EU Support
(Vattenfall/CISION) Vattenfall, Shell, LanzaTech and SAS run the HySkies project with the goal of starting the world's first large-scale production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Sweden in 2027. The EU's innovation fund is now supporting the project with roughly EUR
January 26, 2023 Read Full Article
Upgrades to Biorefinery Map Tool Now Live!
by Jim Spaeth (U.S. Department of Energy) The Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) recently performed major upgrades to the content, appearance, and useability of its longstanding Interactive Integrated Biorefinery (IBR) Map. The upgrades came as a part of an effort by BETO’s System
January 19, 2023 Read Full Article
Energy Giants, Bill Gates Back Effort to Map ‘Clean’ Hydrogen
(E&E News Energy Wire) Excerpt from E&E News Energy Wire: Many of the world’s largest energy companies and a Bill Gates-led group are joining an industry-led initiative to measure and map the emissions footprint of “clean” hydrogen, underscoring the financial stakes linked
January 10, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech and Transforming Carbon
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) With proven technology at the nexus of two mandated markets, industrial and consumer — LanzaTech has been on fire in recent months. Here’s more on their commercial operating plants, plants scheduled to complete construction in
January 05, 2023 Read Full Article
Air Pollution Converted into Fuel, Plastic and Dresses
(AFP/RTE) At LanzaTech's lab in the Chicago suburbs, a beige liquid bubbles away in dozens of glass vats. The concoction includes billions of hungry bacteria, specialized to feed on polluted air - the first step in a recycling system that converts greenhouse
January 01, 2023 Read Full Article
A Visit from St. Nicholas: The UK Grants $99M to Five Commercial-Scale SAF Projects, Just in Time for Christmas
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The UK took a giant leap towards net zero carbon emissions and helping its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to take flight as government awarded 5 projects a share of the $198M Advanced Fuels Fund.
December 23, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaJet Marks Major Milestone on Its Freedom Pines Fuels Construction
(LanzaJet/PR Newswire) Soperton, GA Facility will be First Ethanol Alcohol-to-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Facility in the World -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today joined government officials, industry leaders, and investors to celebrate a
December 14, 2022 Read Full Article
ArcelorMittal Inaugurates Flagship Carbon Capture and Utilisation Project at Its Steel Plant in Ghent, Belgium
(ArcelorMittal) €200 million CCU plant first of its kind in the European steel industry; Project part of multi-technology strategy to reduce carbon emissions at Ghent plant -- At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium today (December 8,
December 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Urgent Government Action Needed to Meet 10% Sustainable Aviation Fuel by 2030 Target
(Sustainable Aviation) • Policy support, in the form of a price support mechanism, is needed to deliver sufficient SAF facilities to meet this target through UK production; announced UK plants would only meet around half of the target New analysis shows that the
December 01, 2022 Read Full Article
Conference on CO2-Based Fuels and Chemicals 2023 --- April 19-20, 2023 --- Cologne, Germany and ONLINE
The nova “Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals” is one of the most established worldwide and has developed into a unique meeting and networking place for the entire Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X industry and its customers. The
November 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Impressions of the Recent Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition Conference and Expo
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) The relatively new organization, Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition, held their second annual conference November 6-8 just outside of Washington, DC. One benefit of this organization and conference is that they recognize the reality
November 15, 2022 Read Full Article
SHV Energy and GTI Energy Announce New Partnership to Produce Renewable Propane
(SHV Energy) The partners will produce renewable propane and butane from bioethanol. -- SHV Energy and US-based GTI Energy announced today(November 8, 2022) that they are entering into a strategic partnership to further develop a process for commercial-scale, on-purpose production
November 14, 2022 Read Full Article
Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MACHH2) Announces Bid to Create Regional Hydrogen Hub to Combat Climate Change
(Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen) The Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2) announced today that it will submit an application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a regional clean hydrogen production and distribution hub to be funded
November 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Reducing Emissions in the Supply Chain and Diversifying the Feedstocks of the Future
(LanzaTech/Globe Newswire) LanzaTech provides an update on new demonstration facility to accelerate decarbonization efforts -- Competing in a low carbon economy is driving the public and private sectors to invest in technologies that will support the energy transition. LanzaTech has partnered
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
NextChem Kicks Off the Engineering Phase of Rome Hydrogen Valley (IPCEI HY2USE) and Awards LanzaTech the Process Design Contract for the Circular Ethanol Unit
(LanzaTech/Globe Newswire) The contract relates to the syngas fermentation section of NextChem Hydrogen Valley to produce circular ethanol as initial co-product together with Circular Hydrogen™ -- Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that NextChem, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has kicked off the engineering
October 25, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaTech and Woodside Energy Announce Strategic Collaboration
(LanzaTech/Globe Newswire) Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS) and LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (LanzaTech), a US-based carbon capture and transformation company, have announced a strategic collaboration with the signing of a Strategic Framework Agreement. Under the Strategic Framework Agreement Woodside will, in collaboration with LanzaTech and subject
October 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Carbon Capture Magazine Podcast: Possibilities for CO2 Conversion with Lanzatech’s New Partnership
(Carbon Capture Magazine) Produced by Carbon Capture Magazine, the podcast features Freya Burton, Chief Sustainability Officer at LanzaTech Hosted by: Danielle Piekarski, Carbon Capture Magazine READ MORE
October 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Grant from Bill Gates-led Fund Will Make Green Jet Fuel as Cheap as Fossil Fuels
byAkshat Rathi (Bloomberg) A $50 million grant will allow LanzaJet to build first-of-a-kind plant and sell sustainable aviation fuel at affordable prices. -- The burgeoning market for sustainable jet fuel will soon reach a milestone, with a plant capable of
October 19, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Advanced Biorefineries
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week on ABLC CONNECT, we looked at the State of Advanced Biorefineries, including examples of projects from Gevo, Aemetis, LanzaTech, Grön and Green Plains. The technologies, markets, partners, the rational, the progress to date
October 17, 2022 Read Full Article
Reflecting on the RSB Innovations Meeting 2022
(Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) Last week, RSB hosted a brand-new in-person event for RSB members and invited stakeholders, in partnership with The Boeing Company. And what a pleasure it was to meet, connect with and learn from all of 65 participants in
October 14, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaTech Produces Ethylene from CO2, Changing the Way We Make Products Today
(LanzaTech/Globe Newswire) Breakthrough Discovery to Replace the Barrel with Synthetic Biology, Addressing One of the Largest Carbon Emitters in the Chemical Industry -- LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (“LanzaTech”), an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation (“CCT”) company that transforms waste carbon into materials such
October 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Less than Zero: Camelina Co., Praj, LanzaTech, Northwestern, GCH, Yale, NREL Launch New Centers of Excellence to Advance Feedstocks, Cell‐Free Systems, Genome Engineering for Carbon-Negative Manufacturing
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... We have three new centers of excellence to focus upon today. The Center for Camelina In Spain, Camelina Company España, Europe’s largest camelina crop innovator and seed producer, opened their new Innovation Center in Daimiel, Spain. Camelina
October 07, 2022 Read Full Article
PNNL Team Recognized with ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry
by Mary Ann Showalter (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that development of a catalytic process and catalyst to create sustainable aviation fuel is receiving the 2023 ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry. The team named in the
September 30, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaJet Affirms Its Commitment to Scale Production of SAF
(LanzaJet/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... LanzaJet, Inc. is a global leader in clean energy technology and production. The LanzaJet Process is a proprietary alcohol-to-jet technology which converts low-carbon ethanol into sustainable transportation fuels, including SAF and renewable diesel. LanzaJet is deploying its technology
September 26, 2022 Read Full Article
National Energy Solution: Pt 1: Methane, Methanogens, Methanotrophs
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Last week we reported that T2C Energy in partnership with the US Department of Energy had developed at pilot-scale a technology that makes drop-in transportation fuel for $2.91 a gallon, excluding any help from carbon prices
August 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Virtuous Cycles: Breakthroughs in the Use of Bacteria Are Helping Us to Build a New Green Economy.
by Peter Forbes (New Humanist) ... Humans are finally learning from the original carbon cycle, which has governed Earth for 4 billion years. This natural cycle is regulated largely by bacteria and other microbes. Today, using what we know about the
July 26, 2022 Read Full Article
Utilizing Biorefinery Waste Gas: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) NREL’s waste gas researchers are rethinking industrial flue gas from a waste to a feedstock, with the help of LanzaTech. Find out how the integration of CO2 electrolysis with microbial syngas upgrading to utilize biorefinery
July 15, 2022 Read Full Article
Whatever Happened to Cellulosic Ethanol?
by David Kramer (Physics Today) Technological immaturity, falling oil prices, overoptimistic investors, and regulatory uncertainty are blamed for the failure of a promising biofuel technology to perform as hoped. -- Despite a decade and a half of big US federal investments
July 06, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaTech, with the Support of Danone, Discovers Method to Produce Sustainable PET Bottles from Captured Carbon
(LanzaTech/Globe Newswire) Proof of concept for direct production of monoethylene glycol (MEG), a key building block in sustainable PET production, completed at lab scale -- A consortium, including LanzaTech and Danone, led to the discovery of a new route to monoethylene
May 27, 2022 Read Full Article
Biofuels Producers Urge Changes to RFS Rule to Boost Aviation Fuel
(Inside EPA) Biofuels producers, airlines and others are urging changes to EPA’s proposed renewable fuel standard (RFS) rules to provide more flexibility to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that is the cornerstone of a Biden administration strategy to reduce carbon
May 18, 2022 Read Full Article
UK Transport Secretary Pledges World’s 1st Transatlantic Flight Using 100% SAF by End of Next Year
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) During a visit to the U.S., U.K. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps pledged May 14 to deliver the world’s first transatlantic flight powered exclusively with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by the end of next year. Meeting with
May 17, 2022 Read Full Article
AMCI Acquisition Corp. II Announces Filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in Connection with its Proposed Business Combination with LanzaTech
(AMCI Acquisition Corp. II/PR Newswire) AMCI Acquisition Corp. II ("AMCI") (Nasdaq: AMCI), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and LanzaTech NZ, Inc. ("LanzaTech"), an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation ("CCT") company that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels,
May 11, 2022 Read Full Article
EMRC and Woodside Collaborate on Innovative Carbon Re-use Pilot Project
(Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) and Woodside) The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) and Woodside are collaborating on a carbon-to-products pilot project that proposes to recycle greenhouse gases into useful products. The two parties have agreed a term sheet setting out the
May 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market (2022 To 2032) - By Fuel Type, Biofuel Manufacturing, Biofuel Blending, Platform And Region
(MENAFN/Globe Newswire) The 'Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market 2022-2032' report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This recent market study on the market offers global industry analysis for 2014-2021 & opportunity assessment for 2022-2032. The study offers a comprehensive assessment of the more important market
May 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Bridgestone Partners with LanzaTech to Pursue End-of-Life Tire Recycling Technologies
(LanzaTech/Bridgestone) -Bridgestone is partnering with Carbon Capture and Transformation company LanzaTech to develop a scaled solution for recycling end-of-life tires. -The exclusive partnership will leverage LanzaTech's technology to create a pathway toward tire material circularity and the decarbonization of new tire
April 14, 2022 Read Full Article
Making Moves on CDR
by Matthew Choi (Politico's Morning Energy) Last week’s IPCC report called for a buildout of the world’s carbon dioxide removal capacity to mitigate both legacy carbon emissions and to neutralize difficult-to-decarbonize sectors like heavy industry. Reps. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.) hope
April 11, 2022 Read Full Article
1/10th Scale “Waste to Ethanol” Demonstration Plant Completed in Kuji City
(Sekisui) Aiming to Build a New Social System for Resource Recycling -- SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., Ltd. (President and Representative Director, Keita Kato; hereinafter, “SEKISUI CHEMICAL”), INCJ, Ltd. ( President and COO, Mikihide Katsumata; hereinafter “INCJ”), and SEKISUI BIO REFINERY CO., Ltd.
April 11, 2022 Read Full Article
House Committee Holds Hearing on Bioenergy RD&D for the Fuels and Chemicals of Tomorrow
(Bergeson & Campbell) On March 16, 2022, the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on “Bioenergy Research and Development for the Fuels and Chemicals of Tomorrow.” According to the hearing charter, the purpose of the hearing was
April 08, 2022 Read Full Article
The Race to Upcycle CO2 into Fuels, Concrete and More
by Mark Peplow (Nature) Companies are scrambling to turn the greenhouse gas into useful products — but will that slow climate change? -- Tongyezhen is a town with coal in its bones. ... But later this year, a chemical plant
April 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Soap, Proteins and Highly Complex Molecules from CO2 – These Are the Winners of the "Best CO2 Utilisation 2022" Innovation Award
(nova Institute) Large scale investments in CO2-based ethanol, methanol and aviation fuel are just around the corner – supporting climate protection and independence from fossil fuels. Participants of the "Conference on CO2-based Fuels & Chemicals 2022" elected the three innovation award
March 31, 2022 Read Full Article
SHV Energy and LanzaTech Announce Partnership to Pioneer Renewable Propane
(SHV Energy) SHV Energy and LanzaTech announced a new strategic partnership to employ LanzaTech’s Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) technology to bring renewable propane and other sustainable fuels to the market via existing and novel pathways. The collaboration will further expand LanzaTech’s
March 31, 2022 Read Full Article
CarbonSmart Podcast
(LanzaTech) CarbonSmart, a provocative daisy-chain conversation where the guests ask the questions. Join sustainability leader and greyhound rescuer, Jennifer Holmgren, (our CEO), as she sits down with friends, shares questions from her previous guests and sparks conversations around the state of our
March 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Three Partners, Two Problems, One Bioenergy Research Article Published
by Valerie Sarisky-Reed (U.S. Department of Energy) ... The journal Nature Biotechnology recently published a paper featuring cutting-edge work funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO). The article details a carbon-negative platform that uses microorganisms to convert carbon captured
March 24, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaTech, ReCarbon, Woodside Team up on Carbon Capture and Utilization Project in Australia
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... (J)ust in is breaking news that they are collaborating in a new carbon capture and utilization project in Western Australia with ReCarbon and Woodside Energy. In today’s Digest, the project details, while you may know
March 21, 2022 Read Full Article
GreenBiz 350 Podcast Episode 308: LanzaTech CEO Reflects
(GreenBiz) A visit with 'badass' LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren (29:10) Jennifer Holmgren was thinking about retirement when she was recruited to lead the carbon recycling company LanzaTech. Under her leadership, the company has forged high-profile relationships to turn captured CO2
March 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Bioenergy Research and Development for the Fuels and Chemicals of Tomorrow
(Bergeson & Campbell) On March 16, 2022, the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on “Bioenergy Research and Development for the Fuels and Chemicals of Tomorrow.” According to the hearing charter, the purpose of the hearing
March 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Outstanding Faculty in Discovery: Kilaz Aims for Sustainably Fueled Future
by John O'Malley (Purdue University) Gozdem Kilaz, associate professor of engineering technology, has been recognized for her contributions to the research mission in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute. In May 2021, Kilaz received the college’s Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award. Kilaz holds bachelor’s
March 08, 2022 Read Full Article
To the (Climate) Rescue: From First Blip in Chromatogram to Deployment at Industrial Pilot Scale
by Fungmin Eric Liew (Lanza Tech/Nature Bioengineering Community) Industrial waste gas can serve as feedstock to manufacture fuels and chemicals through gas fermentation. Our work describes a collaborative and multidisciplinary team effort to engineer gas-utilizing microbe to produce acetone and
March 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Now on Broadway: LanzaTech’s $2.2B SPAC Merger Takes the Advanced Bioeconomy’s Biggest Hit to an Even Bigger Stage
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Illinois, news arrived that LanzaTech will go public in a merger with the NASDAQ-traded blank check firm AMCI Acquisition Corp II. The deal is reported to value the company at $2.2 billion. The transaction is expected
March 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Carbon Problem Solving: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech & Thermal Kinetics
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) How are Thermal Kinetics and LanzaTech working together to solve today’s carbon problems? From distillation, dehydration and evaporation, from pilot to demo to full scale, find out how these two companies are collaborating on carbon
March 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Twelve and LanzaTech Partner to Create Ethanol From CO2
(Business Wire) Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech have transformed CO2 emissions into ethanol as a part of an ongoing research and development partnership. The two companies combined technology capabilities to create ethanol, which is a common alcohol used as fuel, and an ingredient in
March 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Engineered Bacteria Produce Chemicals with Negative Carbon Emissions
by Chen Ly (New Scientist) Bacteria have been modified to produce chemicals found in paint remover and hand sanitiser from carbon dioxide in the air, meaning they have negative emissions compared with traditional industrial methods -- Bacteria engineered to turn carbon dioxide
February 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Carbon-Negative Production of Acetone and Isopropanol by Gas Fermentation at Industrial Pilot Scale
by Fungmin Eric Liew, Robert Nogle, Tanus Abdalla, et al. (Nature Biotechnology) Many industrial chemicals that are produced from fossil resources could be manufactured more sustainably through fermentation. Here we describe the development of a carbon-negative fermentation route to producing
February 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2
by Will Thurmond (Emerging Markets) Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2. (249 pages, September 2021) provides a detailed analysis and outlook for low-carbon feedstock availability, and a feasibility assessment for technology commercialization pathways in sustainable aviation fuels
February 10, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Partner to Build an Integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois
(LanzaJet) This partnership will utilize carbon capture and sequestration, renewable energy, and other innovative practices to bring lower-cost, low carbon-intensity sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and other sustainable hydrocarbons to the global market and help accelerate the decarbonization of various
February 10, 2022 Read Full Article
Alder Fuels CEO Bryan Sherbacow Wins the 2022 Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award for 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, The Daily Digest announced that Alder Fuels CEO Bryan Sherbacow will receive the 2022 Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award and will give the Global Leadership Address at ABLC 2022, the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, on
February 08, 2022 Read Full Article
FLITE Consortium: Build the First-of-Its-Kind LanzaJetTM Alcohol to Jet (AtJ) Facility
(RSB) The FLITE consortium, led by SkyNRG and with LanzaTech as the technology provider, will build the first-of-its-kind LanzaJetTM Alcohol to Jet (AtJ) facility. The facility will convert waste-based ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at a scale of at
February 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Microsoft and Shell Are Betting on a Company Making Greener Jet Fuel
by Catherine Clifford (CNBC) • Chicago-based start-up LanzaJet is scaling one potential solution for the airline industry: jet fuel made with low carbon intensity ethanol. • The aviation sector causes 11% of transportation-related emissions in the United States, and virtually
February 02, 2022 Read Full Article
Energy from Waste 2022 --- March 9-10, 2022 --- London, UK
Accelerating decarbonisation and the circular economy in the drive to carbon neutral. The Energy from Waste conference is the premier event in the UK and Europe for senior level decision makers across the waste to energy sector. The event brings together waste management, waste
January 26, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaJet Secures Industry-Leading, Innovative Financing with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to Construct the World’s First Commercial Alcohol-to-Jet Sustainable Fuel Plant
(LanzaJet) LanzaJet partners with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to enable the transition towards net-zero sustainable fuels -- Today, LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, announced it has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton,
January 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Virtual Bioenergy Symposium: Commercializing Gas Fermentation and Carbon Recycling --- January 19, 2022 --- ONLINE
Featuring Chad Haynes, Director of Government Strategy and Technology Partnerships at LanzaTech. In his role Chad works across LanzaTech’s Science, Engineering, and Government teams to help design, implement, and execute government sponsored R&D projects of commercial relevance to the company.
January 13, 2022 Read Full Article
The Hottest Biofuels Companies of 20 Years Ago Are Now Doing Something Completely Different
by Annie Hammang (Slate) ... Amyris also isn’t alone in this shift; Solazyme, Lanzatech, Neste, LiveFuels, LS9, and Pacific Biodiesel are all biofuel companies that also got their start in the early aughts and have since expanded their business into cosmetics, fragrances, and household cleaners. From
January 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Denmark Targets 2030 for Fossil Fuel-Free Domestic Flights
by Sumit Singh (Simple Flying) The Danish government yesterday announced that it has a mission to have all of its country’s domestic flights free from fossil fuels by the end of the decade. Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, shared that
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Top 10 Slide Guides of 2021
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) As we wrap up 2021 this week, The Digest brings you the hottest Top 10 slide guides from this past year – with key themes like carbon upcycling, ethanol to hydrogen, renewable diesel and jet
December 30, 2021 Read Full Article
Recycling CO2: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dr. Sean Simpson, CSO at LanzaTechshared this illuminating slide guide on CO2 pathways to products, how the LanzaJet platform works, how they integrate engineering with biology and AI, why we need to rethink carbon and
December 29, 2021 Read Full Article
Zara, LanzaTech’s Steel Factory Waste Emissions Fashion, Largest Cultured Steak Printed to Date, Adidas, Allbirds on Low-Carbon Cootwear and More: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the Week of December 16th
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Zara clothing made from steel factory waste emissions thanks to LanzaTech, adidas and Allbirds scaling up their low-carbon footwear, Canadian brand launches apple leather handbags, new fruit-based glitter for your holiday festivities, and the largest
December 16, 2021 Read Full Article
LanzaTech and Zara Collaborate to Create a Capsule Collection Made from Recycled Carbon Emissions
(LanzaTech) Today, LanzaTech has announced a collaboration with Inditex that led to the design of a capsule collection for the retail group’s largest brand Zara that incorporates fabric made with carbon emissions, avoiding their emission into the atmosphere (CarbonSmart™). “We are hugely
December 13, 2021 Read Full Article
New International Collaboration Aims to Start Large-Scale Production of E-fuels in Sweden
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir Online) A major partnership has been formed by SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Swedish energy company Vattenfall, Shell Aviation and LanzaTech to explore the large-scale production in Sweden of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel, using carbon dioxide recycled from
November 30, 2021 Read Full Article
The Grand Switcheroo: Is the Biden Administration Aiming Corn Ethanol at SAF, Putting Spirit in the Sky?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Just back from the AFCC (Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition) event in Washington, and I have to say, the mood was reasonably glum in the world of Sustainable Aviation Fuels, where you’d think that the leaders
November 19, 2021 Read Full Article
LanzaTech: Radically Rethinking Industrial Business Models
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon (Forbes) A visit this summer to New Zealand-American synthetic biology company, LanzaTech, opened my eyes to what the term “paradigm shift” means. LanzaTech is an industrial chemicals company that leverages innovations in biology, artificial intelligence, and precision
November 12, 2021 Read Full Article
Electrofuels Advance: Vattenfall, SAS, Shell, LanzaTech, US Air Force, Emerging Fuels Technology and Twelve Advance on Power-to-Liquids via Waste CO2
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s a simple idea, using renewable electricity to induce carbon dioxide and hydrogen to form a hydrocarbon. Hydrocarbons, you know, the stuff we burn as liquid fuel and from which we make plastics, fabrics, flavors, fragrances,
November 09, 2021 Read Full Article
GREET the Dawn of a New Day in Sustainable Aviation Fuels
by Meltem Urgun-Demirtas (U.S. Department of Energy) ... Innovative thinkers at Argonne, led by Michael Wang, developed the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) model in the mid-1990s to evaluate and compare the energy and environmental
November 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Alcohol-to-Diesel Drop-in Fuels: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech’s Winterized Diesel
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Baby, it’s cold outside, and LanzaTech is working on a flexible Alcohol-to-Diesel process for producing drop-in, renewable diesel fuel blendstocks from biomass-derived ethanol, including cold weather uses. From the tech behind it to the latest
November 08, 2021 Read Full Article
CarbonSmart Podcasts
(LanzaTech) CarbonSmart, a provocative daisy-chain conversation where the guests ask the questions. Join sustainability leader and greyhound rescuer, Jennifer Holmgren, (our CEO), as she sits down with friends, shares questions from her previous guests and sparks conversations around the state of our
November 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Clostridia for Synthesis of Fuels and Chemicals: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Biosynthetic Pathways
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) LanzaTech, Northwestern, University of South Florida and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are working on the engineered reveral of the β-oxidation cycle in clostridia for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals. The objective? To develop clostridia
November 05, 2021 Read Full Article
On Announces CleanCloud™ - Turning Carbon Emissions into Running Shoes in Cooperation with LanzaTech and Borealis
(On, Inc./CISION) Swiss sports brand On leads supply chain coalition to reshape carbon waste into running shoes -- Main Facts: - On announces CleanCloud™ - a sustainability initiative using carbon emissions to create foam for running shoes. - On is moving away from petroleum-based
November 05, 2021 Read Full Article
SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech to Explore Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
(Vattenfall/CISION) Vattenfall, SAS, Shell and LanzaTech will together investigate the production of the world's first synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using the LanzaJetTM "Alcohol to Jet" technology on a large scale in Sweden. Instead of using virgin fossil material in the production process, the synthetic SAF will be
November 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Heard on the Floor at ABLC 2021 – October 28
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ABLC 2021 continues today with its theme of ““building a bridge to Net Zero” after a flurry of announcements buzzed around the floor yesterday, as the 560 delegates grappled with the immense opportunities and supply chain
October 30, 2021 Read Full Article
First of a Kind Bagasse to Ethanol Project in India.
(LanzaTech) LanzaTech to work with Spray Engineering Devices Limited on Sustainable Ethanol Project -- Spray Engineering Devices Limited (SED), a multidisciplinary engineering company dedicated to sustainable development, is partnering with LanzaTech in a first of a kind bagasse to ethanol project
October 27, 2021 Read Full Article
SAF Producer LanzaJet Sees Jet Fuel Price Parity ‘Just around the Corner’
by Dominic Perry (Flight Global) Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer LanzaJet is “just around the corner” from bringing the cost of its fuel down to match that of regular jet fuel, according to the firm’s chief executive. Uptake of SAF has been
October 25, 2021 Read Full Article
US Secretary of Energy Granholm and US Senator Ossoff Visit LanzaTech Innovation Hub in Georgia and Site of the World’s First LanzaJet Sustainable Fuels Plantl
(LanzaTech) Visit highlights the potential of rural America to create domestic supplies of sustainable fuels and chemicals. -- LanzaTech and LanzaJet welcomed Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Senator Jon Ossoff to the Freedom Pines Biorefinery in Soperton, Georgia. [caption id="attachment_149372"
October 12, 2021 Read Full Article
LanzaTech to Trial SAF Production from Waste Carbon Dioxide
(Biofuels International) LanzaTech is partnering with the Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to build and operate a pre-pilot facility to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This will be made from biogenic waste carbon dioxide (CO2) such as is emitted from corn refining,
October 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Major Government-Backed Ventures Launched to Progress Commercial-Scale SAF Production in Japan
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir Online) Two major industrial collaborations have been established in Japan to progress ambitions for large-scale production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the country, writes Tony Harrington. In the first project, sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of the
October 04, 2021 Read Full Article
Georgia Is Becoming a Biofuel Leader
by Mary Ann DeMuth (Georgia Trend) ... In less than a year, the new LanzaTech Freedom Pines Biorefinery in Soperton will begin to produce billions of gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) annually. Illinois-based LanzaTech has developed a process that creates energy sources by
September 27, 2021 Read Full Article
SynBio: The Science behind LanzaTech’s Success
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon (Forbes) As I explained in my first overview article in this series, LanzaTech is an industrial chemicals business. But to describe it as merely another commodity chemicals producer misses the point entirely. At its heart, LanzaTech is a cutting-edge synthetic biology or
September 27, 2021 Read Full Article
The Biden Administration to Ensure a Sustainable Future for Aviation: SkyNRG Americas and LanzaTech Secure DOE Funding to Produce SAF in the US
(LanzaTech) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office announced more than $64 million in funding for 22 projects focused on developing technologies and processes that produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. SkyNRG Americas in partnership with LanzaTech was awarded $1 million in funding for Project
September 23, 2021 Read Full Article
Potential to Produce 5B Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel from CO2
(LanzaTech) LanzaTech and Argonne National Lab Awarded funding for Aviation Project in Georgia. -- The White House set a goal of replacing all jet fuel with sustainable alternatives by 2050, saying it could cut emissions from flying by 20 percent by
September 23, 2021 Read Full Article
Clean Skies for Tomorrow Leaders: 10% Sustainable Aviation Fuel by 2030
(World Economic Forum) 60 companies are accelerating the supply and use of sustainable aviation fuel to reach 10% of global jet aviation fuel supply by 2030; Carbon-free energy is in sight in some sectors but progress on abating carbon emissions
September 23, 2021 Read Full Article
British Airways Taps BP Biofuels to Offset CO2 from Flights between London and COP26
by Cecilia Keating (Business Green) British Airways CEO Sean Doyle argues a ‘global system of Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ can help drive down CO2 from flying ... READ MORE British Airways in advanced talks on low-cost Gatwick business, CEO says (Reuters) Offsetting just
September 08, 2021 Read Full Article
New Funds Requested for DOE SAF Loan Guarantees
(The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition/PR Newswire) The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (“AFCC”), and its member companies are asking the Biden Administration to incentivize the production and use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) – since it would be critical to
September 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Jet Fuel from Smokestacks
by Keith Button (Aerospace America) The air transport industry lacks enough suppliers of sustainable aviation fuel to meet the anticipated demand as airlines become more aggressive about reining in their carbon footprints and more travelers take to the air. Keith Button
September 03, 2021 Read Full Article
New UK Collaborations Aim to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Direct Air Capture and Wood Waste
by Christopher Surgenor (GreenAir Online) Two sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in the UK have been announced that involve British Airways, one to investigate a commercial facility that would produce more than 100 million litres per year of jet fuel
August 31, 2021 Read Full Article
Decarbonisation of New Zealand’s Aviation Sector to Focus on Use of Electric Aircraft and Sustainable Fuels
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir Online) New Zealand’s aviation sector has consistently shown a pioneering commitment to sustainability, and is now embracing a move towards electric propulsion, reports Tony Harrington. Regional airline Sounds Air has just announced it will acquire three