World’s First Commercial Ethanol-to-Jet Fuel Plant Operational
LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA) announced on November 13, 2025 that LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia, is fully operational and has produced jet fuel at commercial scale using ethanol as feedstock.
This marks the world’s first commercial-scale ethanol-to-jet production and the first renewable jet solution compatible with current aircraft that does not rely on lipids or oils. The company highlighted ethanol’s ability to be made from diverse domestic and recycled carbon feedstocks and named multiple strategic investors and supporters backing LanzaJet’s commercialization and global rollout.
LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA) ha annunciato il 13 novembre 2025 che l’impianto Freedom Pines Fuels di LanzaJet a Soperton, in Georgia, è pienamente operativo e ha prodotto carburante per jet su scala commerciale utilizzando l’etanolo come materia prima.
Questo segna il primo al mondo di produzione commerciale di etanolo trasformato in jet e la prima soluzione di carburante rinnovabile per aerei compatibile con gli aeromobili attuali che non si basa su lipidi o oli. L’azienda ha messo in evidenza la capacità dell’etanolo di essere prodotto da fonti domestiche diversificate e da feedstock di carbonio riciclati e ha menzionato numerosi investitori strategici e sostenitori che sostengono la commercializzazione e la diffusione globale di LanzaJet.
LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA) anunció el 13 de noviembre de 2025 que la instalación Freedom Pines Fuels de LanzaJet en Soperton, Georgia, está plenamente operativa y ha producido combustible para aviones a escala comercial utilizando etanol como materia prima.
Esto marca la primera producción comercial a gran escala de etanol para jet y la primera solución de combustible de aviación renovable compatible con aeronaves actuales que no depende de lípidos u aceites. La compañía destacó la capacidad del etanol para producirse a partir de diversas fuentes domésticas y de carbono reciclado y mencionó a múltiples inversionistas estratégicos y partidarios que respaldan la comercialización y el despliegue global de LanzaJet.
LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA)가 2025년 11월 13일에 조지아주 소프턴에 있는 LanzaJet의 Freedom Pines Fuels 시설이 완전히 가동 중이며 에탄올을 원료로 상업 규모의 제트 연료를 생산했다고 발표했습니다.
이는 세계 최초의 상업 규모 에탄올-제트 생산이며 Lipids나 Oils에 의존하지 않는 현재 항공기에 호환되는 최초의 재생 제트 연료 솔루션입니다. 회사는 에탄올이 다양한 국내 원료 및 재활용 탄소 원료로부터 만들어질 수 있는 능력을 강조했고, LanzaJet의 상용화 및 글로벌 확장을 뒷받침하는 다수의 전략적 투자자와 지지자들을 지목했습니다.
LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA) a annoncé le 13 novembre 2025 que l’exploitation Freedom Pines Fuels de LanzaJet à Soperton, en Géorgie, est pleinement opérationnelle et a produit du carburant aérien à l’échelle commerciale en utilisant l’éthanol comme matière première.
Cela marque le premier processus de production commerciale d’éthanol pour avion à l’échelle mondiale et la première solution de carburant aéronautique renouvelable compatible avec les avions actuels qui ne repose pas sur des lipides ou des huiles. L’entreprise a souligné la capacité de l’éthanol à provenir de sources domestiques diverses et de matières carbone recyclées et a nommé plusieurs investisseurs stratégiques et soutiens soutenant la commercialisation et le déploiement mondial de LanzaJet.
LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA) gab am 13. November 2025 bekannt, dass die Freedom Pines Fuels-Anlage von LanzaJet in Soperton, Georgia, vollständig in Betrieb ist und Jettreibstoff im kommerziellen Maßstab unter Verwendung von Ethanol als Rohstoff hergestellt hat.
Dies markiert die weltweit erste kommerzielle Ethanol-zu-Jet-Produktion und die erste erneuerbare Jet-Lösung, die mit aktuellen Flugzeugen kompatibel ist und nicht auf Lipide oder Öle angewiesen ist. Das Unternehmen hob die Fähigkeit von Ethanol hervor, aus verschiedenen inländischen und recycelten Kohlenstoff-Feedstocks hergestellt zu werden, und nannte mehrere strategische Investoren und Unterstützer, die die Kommerzialisierung und globale Einführung von LanzaJet unterstützen.
LanzaTech (NASDAQ: LNZA) أعلنت عن 13 نوفمبر 2025 أن منشأة Freedom Pines Fuels التابعة لـ LanzaJet في سوبيرتون، جورجيا، تعمل بالكامل وقد أنتجت وقود طائرات على نطاق تجاري باستخدام الإيثانول كمواد خام.
هذا يمثل أول إنتاج تجاري عالمي للإيثانول إلى وقود الطائرات وأول حل وقود طيران متجدد متوافق مع الطائرات الحالية ولا يعتمد على الدهون أو الزيوت. أشارت الشركة إلى قدرة الإيثانول على الإنتاج من مصادر داخلية متنوعة وكربون معاد تدويره وذكرت العديد من المستثمرين الاستراتيجيين والداعمين الذين يدعمون تسويق LanzaJet وتوسعها العالمي.
- Commercial-scale ethanol-to-jet production achieved on Nov 13, 2025
- First renewable jet fuel at commercial scale not using lipids or oils
- Supports diverse domestic and recycled carbon feedstocks for fuels
- Backed by major investors including Airbus, Shell, British Airways, DOE
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Insights
LanzaJet has achieved first commercial-scale ethanol-to-jet production, validating a new supply pathway for sustainable aviation fuel.
The business mechanism is straightforward: LanzaJet has operated a commercial plant that converts ethanol into jet fuel using technology developed within the Lanza ecosystem, showing commercial-scale production on
Key dependencies and risks are explicit in the text: continued access to diverse ethanol feedstocks, successful replication at additional sites, and sustained backing from listed investors and government supporters. The release names multiple strategic backers (for example, Airbus, Shell, British Airways, and government energy departments), which underpins commercialization but also ties progress to sustained capital and partnership commitments. Monitor plant throughput, feedstock sourcing agreements, and announced replication projects because these will determine whether a single commercial site converts into meaningful scale for fuel markets over the next decade.
LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels unlocks new era of jet fuel possibilities with full plant operation.
SKOKIE, Ill., Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA), a leader in industrial carbon recycling, is thrilled to celebrate that LanzaJet, Inc., has fully operated and produced fuels at its LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia, USA – marking both the world’s first production at a commercial-scale plant of jet fuel using ethanol as a feedstock, and the first renewable solution, compatible with today’s aircraft, that does not rely on lipids or oils.
Recognizing the potential of ethanol-to-jet, LanzaTech made the strategic decision to spin out LanzaJet into a dedicated company, deliberately positioning it to develop faster and reach commercial scale sooner, creating a clear strategic advantage. The company was founded at a time of unprecedented challenges for the aviation sector, yet early investors and supporters saw beyond the immediate turbulence. Their foresight, confidence, and commitment laid the foundation for the next generation of aviation fuels, with ethanol as the critical enabler.
For the first time, there is commercial-scale proof that ethanol can be successfully converted into jet fuel, unlocking a wide range of domestic and recycled carbon feedstocks. This includes ethanol produced using technology developed by LanzaTech, from waste industrial gases, trash, captured CO₂ combined with hydrogen, and agricultural residues that extend the role of farmers beyond traditional crops. Ethanol has become a strategic connector, linking diverse domestic feedstocks to aviation fuel markets, a potential realized by LanzaTech and LanzaJet.
The market opportunity is vast. By using local resources and ethanol as a platform molecule, carbon waste can be converted into everything from jet fuel to diesel and beyond. Because ethanol can be made from nearly any type of biomass or waste, it provides a pathway for communities everywhere to produce fuels from their own resources, strengthening local energy security. This approach unlocks distributed carbon for aviation, marine, and heavy-duty transport, while creating clean, resilient, self-sufficient fuel solutions that empower people and economies alike.
"Investing in a first-of-its-kind facility is about more than technology — it’s about unlocking new market opportunities. Fueling the aviation sector alone represents hundreds of billions of dollars globally, and by proving that ethanol can be converted into jet fuel and diesel at scale, we’ve opened a pathway to capture a meaningful share of that value,” said Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech and Chair of LanzaJet. “From day one, our vision has been two-fold- to produce the world’s best intermediate molecule—ethanol—and to enable its conversion into high value fuels, supporting communities and driving cleaner energy. We are deeply grateful to the investors who believed in this vision from the outset, giving us the foundation to create opportunities for replication around the world delivering long-term value.”
“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. “We’ve made jet fuel by transforming domestic ethanol at a commercial-scale plant for the first time in history. This is an important milestone for LanzaJet and it’s a major win for global aviation, the SAF industry, farmers, industrial operators, oil and gas companies, fuel users, and for our world. What we’ve built at LanzaJet is real, the technology works as expected, and it reinforces the work we’re enabling on just about every continent. What we’ve learned by engineering, investing, building, operating our commercial-scale plant, and producing this fuel, places us in a unique position and is invaluable for growing our business and this global industry in the decade ahead.”
The Lanza ecosystem has been pioneering sustainable aviation fuel for more than a decade. It began with LanzaTech in 2012, developing the world’s first ethanol-to-SAF technology in collaboration with the U.S Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. That work enabled lab, pilot, and demonstration-scale plants, production of on-spec fuels in 2016, and ASTM approval in 2018 and the first commercial SAF flights with Virgin Atlantic and All Nippon Airways in 2018 and 2019. Building on this foundation, which included further support from the U.S Department of Energy, LanzaJet was launched in 2020 to commercialize the technology with early investment from Mitsui, British Airways, and Shell. Today LanzaJet is supported by investors and funders including Airbus, All Nippon Airways, Breakthrough Energy, British Airways, Groupe ADP, LanzaTech, Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Mitsui & Co., MUFG, Shell, Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the UK Department for Transport. Together, the Lanza ecosystem demonstrates how sustained innovation, scale-up, and perseverance can turn a bold idea into a global, market-ready solution.
About LanzaTech
LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA) is a carbon management solutions company that transforms industrial emissions, gasified solid waste and carbon dioxide into recycled carbon ethanol via proprietary bio-fermentation technology. Ethanol is a crucial building block in the world – a key feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marine fuel and other downstream chemical derivatives. Operating commercially at six assets today, LanzaTech’s technology unlocks value across the supply chain, reducing the carbon footprint of hard-to-abate sectors while shepherding recycled carbon fuels and products to the world, building a circular carbon economy. www.lanzatech.com
Contact: freya@lanzatech.com
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