Capturing Carbon. Fueling the Future.
At LanzaTech, we’re turning waste carbon into new beginnings.
Using our proprietary bio-fermentation technology, we transform industrial emissions, carbon dioxide, and gasified waste into ethanol—a building block for a wide range of sustainable products, including Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other critical chemical derivatives.
With six commercial facilities already in operation and more on the way, we’re scaling fast to meet the world’s growing demand for fuels and materials. Our technology helps industrial sectors by unlocking value from emissions that would otherwise go to waste.
Together with our partners, we’re building a circular carbon economy—where carbon is continuously reused, not released.
CARBON CAPTURE & UTILIZATION
We partner with energy-intensive industries to capture and process carbon-rich gases before they enter the atmosphere. We then give that carbon a second life by partnering with suppliers and brands to integrate recycled carbon into their supply chains to make new products and materials.
What was once a vision is now delivering measurable results across heavy industry. Our technology is enhancing energy security, building resilient operations worldwide, and—together with our partners—reinforcing critical supply chains.
Leadership
Dr. Jennifer Holmgren
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CEO
Jennifer is the Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech. Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector including a proven track record in the development and commercialization of fuels and chemicals technologies.
THE PROCESS
LanzaTech is changing how people think about carbon by creating opportunities to create value from waste
Capturing Carbon,
Creating Value
Environmental Impact
Life cycle analysis (LCA) is essential for understanding the environmental benefits of LanzaTech’s technology. LanzaTech has developed in-house LCA expertise and engages in collaborations to understand and develop recommendations for methodological approaches which vary by region. We regularly work with specialists around the world including: The European Commission (EC)/ Joint Research Council (JRC), Roundtable for Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC), California Air Resources Board (CARB), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Michigan Technological University (MTU), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and others.
LCAs consider the impacts of producing and using all energy and chemical inputs into the final product(s). Third party analyses are used wherever possible and are available to our customers. We also conduct LCAs for peer review, using in-house engineering data and emission factors from appropriate published LCA-specific databases and third-party market projections.
Here you can find an example of a peer reviewed LCA for carbon negative chemicals production, published in Nature Biotechnology.
Here is an example of a third party LCA for high purity ethanol which includes transportation to Europe. As more facilities using our technology come online globally, the impact of transportation on the LCA will be greatly reduced. LanzaTech continues to conduct LCAs on each facility, exploring different methodologies and parameters. We are currently completing an internal review of an LCA of the same facility for fuel grade ethanol to the factory gate. This will be published after it has been reviewed by a third party. Current estimates of the resulting LCA show a significant reduction relative to high purity ethanol being shipped to Europe.
