ADP's investment in LanzaJet follows the launch of LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels – the world's first commercial-scale ethanol-to-SAF plant. Located in the United States, the historic plant will produce SAF and renewable diesel from low-carbon and sustainable ethanol and aims to achieve International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC). LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels serves as a blueprint for utilising first-of-its-kind innovation to scale SAF production and enables LanzaJet's aspiration for one billion gallons of SAF production by 2030.
“Low-carbon aviation will not take off without the transformation of airports into energy hubs with a range of low-carbon solutions. We wanted to act at source by supporting the production of sustainable aviation fuel, investing directly in LanzaJet, an innovative company able to deploy its technology responsibly around the world, and adapting to local waste to make these new fuels available everywhere,” said Augustin de Romanet, CEO of Groupe ADP.
LanzaJet chief executive officer Jimmy Samartzis added: “We continue to lay the foundation for building the SAF industry across the entire value chain, and with this significant contribution from Groupe ADP – a first-of-its-kind in the industry – we will expand LanzaJet's technology deployment and global growth.
“Together, we will work towards expanding Sustainable Aviation Fuel production and logistics into airports to support airlines and Groupe ADP customers worldwide as the industry works collaboratively to decarbonise.”
In addition to ADP, LanzaJet's portfolio of investors and funders includes All Nippon Airways (ANA), Breakthrough Energy, British Airways, LanzaTech, Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund, Mitsui & Co, Shell, Southwest Airlines, and Suncor Energy.
