According to Bloomberg, the world’s first ethanol to jet fuel production facility expects to begin production in September. Lanzajet’s $200 million Georgia location received government funds to get production up and running and after some delay from equipment issues, the company’s CEO Chief Executive Officer Jimmy Samartzis said in an interview, “"My hope is that by the end of the third quarter we are fully operating. The modifications we made to the equipment that was hindering us, unrelated to the technology itself, should satisfy what we need.”
While the news of the world’s first ethanol to jet fuel facility is exciting, the majority of U.S.-grown corn does not meet low-carbon standards, forcing the company to test the facility using Brazilian sugarcane. The company says it will switch to American-grown feedstocks ‘as soon as possible.’
Once fully operational, the facility is designed to produce 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel per year.
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