August 20, 2024 [Biomass Magazine]- LanzaTech Global Inc., the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, and LanzaJet Inc., a leading sustainable fuels technology company and fuels producer, today announced a project with Australia’s Wagner Sustainable Fuels to consider equipping the Brisbane SAF Refinery with the CirculAir offering, LanzaTech and LanzaJet’s joint technology solution that converts waste carbon and renewable power into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
In addition to using the LanzaTech and LanzaJet technologies, the project has received investment from The Boeing Company and the Queensland Government. The Brisbane SAF Refinery will create jobs in Queensland, increase domestic energy security for Australia and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation.
“LanzaTech and LanzaJet look forward to providing a joint commercial solution to support the work of Wagner Sustainable Fuels and advance the development of a domestic Australian SAF market,” said Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech and Board Chair of LanzaJet. “There is enough carbon above ground to transform the 100 billion gallons of fossil fuel-derived jet fuel consumed each year into reliable jet fuel made by recycled carbon, and the flexibility of the CirculAir technology makes it possible for this project to unlock the myriad waste-based resources required to meet that demand.”
The CirculAir process first utilizes LanzaTech’s commercial carbon recycling technology to transform localized waste streams, such as industrial emissions and municipal solid waste, into CarbonSmart™ ethanol. Then, LanzaJet’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology converts the ethanol into drop-in SAF. The process is expected to accelerate decarbonization of the global aviation industry by utilizing a variety of locally sourced waste-based feedstocks to produce the SAF volumes needed to supplant fossil fuels.
“The Wagner Sustainable Fuels project in Brisbane allows Australia to continue to stand out as a leader in Sustainable Aviation Fuel, now leveraging CirculAir, the solution we created to convert different forms of waste carbon into sustainable fuels,” said Jimmy Samartzis, CEO of LanzaJet. “The combination of our leading SAF solution with the front-end of LanzaTech’s proven and commercial carbon recycling technology makes it possible to create a domestic SAF supply in Australia using local renewable waste sources, further supporting the country’s energy security, while also working to protect its natural environment.”
SAF is estimated to account for a 65–70% reduction of overall aviation emissions to help achieve net zero by 2050, making it a critical tool for this hard-to-abate industry. Historic supply constraints, high costs, and technical barriers have made it difficult for the industry to default to SAF as the primary fuel source. CirculAir breaks down these barriers, as the technology is able to turn a wide range of waste-based feedstocks into SAF to meet demand, and it is being adopted by a range of customers across the globe. This widespread adoption is projected to accelerate the production and economies of scale necessary to bring down the global cost of SAF.
“Our partnership with LanzaTech and LanzaJet will advance the Wagner SAF Refinery in Brisbane, accelerating the SAF industry in Australia and helping to decarbonize aviation by 2050,” said Matt Doyle, Wagner Sustainable Fuels Chief Executive Officer. “Together, these proven technologies can help us realize Australia’s first, fully integrated SAF production facility and provide a path to producing domestic fuel at scale.”
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