PUTTING RECYCLED CARBON TO USE IN THE SKIES

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is recognized as the best option for lowering the carbon footprint of the aviation industry. In 2020, we spun out LanzaJet to commercialize the Alcohol-to-Jet process developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

While SAF is 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. LanzaTech’s waste-to-SAF portfolio breaks down these barriers.

2%

of global emissions currently come from the aviation industry

70%

percentage of aviation industry emissions SAF is estimated to abate to achieve Net Zero by 2050

Introducing our newest joint-solution for SAF with partner LanzaJet:

CirculAir™ combines the groundbreaking technologies of LanzaTech and LanzaJet to form an efficient and economically compelling offering that provides the aviation industry with a solution to produce waste-based SAF on a global scale.

How it works:

  • First, CirculAir utilizes LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology to convert nearly any waste resource – spanning agricultural and forestry wastes, regenerative energy crops, municipal solid waste, as well as Power-to-Liquid (PtL) avenues derived from industrial off gases or direct air captured carbon – into CarbonSmart™ ethanol. 
  • Second, LanzaJet takes the ethanol and converts it into drop-in SAF through our proprietary ethanol-to-SAF technology process. 

 

The SAF made through this process will on average reduce the fuel’s life-cycle emissions by 85%, with the ability to generate carbon negative outputs depending on the feedstock.

CirculAir exemplifies the circular economy by transforming waste into SAF, closing the loop on carbon emissions that would otherwise harm both the environment and communities in which they were found. By continually recycling waste carbon and emissions, CirculAir achieves the necessary economies of scale, reducing the cost of SAF and making it more competitive with traditional fuels.

 

An end-to-end technology solution powering the circular economy.

Uniquely capable of delivering SAF industries in any climate or geography.

Every country faces environmental challenges, which are often tied to waste and pollutants from their dominant industries. With CirculAir, countries and project developers can turn these wastes and pollutants into clean and circular fuels, providing an alternative to the carbon-intensive processes of waste management, shipment, and disposal.
Due to CirculAir’s diverse feedstock platform, it has unique global compatibility. Different industries and ecosystems are individually linked with different environmental challenges, sources of wastes and by-products, and feedstocks. The vast majority of these sources will be able to be processed efficiently through the CirculAir platform, regardless of its climate or geography.

LanzaJet and LanzaTech, while two separate companies, often collaborate on SAF projects throughout the world, including the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and New Zealand. 

Through the launch of CirculAir, LanzaJet and LanzaTech are now offering the market a seamless solution for an end-to-end waste to SAF product.

Proven.
De-risked.
Scaling globally.