LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, has announced a strategic investment from Airbus. The investment will help LanzaJet scale its proprietary ethanol-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) process technology.
Airbus' investment is part of LanzaJet's recent growth equity funding round, with support from leading companies across industries and around the world. In the last few months, LanzaJet has announced investments from leaders from across the SAF value chain, including Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, Groupe ADP, MUFG, and now Airbus.
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In addition to Airbus, LanzaJet's portfolio of investors and funders now includes All Nippon Airways (ANA), Breakthrough Energy, British Airways, Groupe ADP, LanzaTech, Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund, Mitsui & Co., MUFG, Shell, Southwest Airlines, and Suncor Energy.
LanzaJet is currently starting up the world's first commercial-scale production of ethanol-to-SAF at LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels. Located in the U.S., the plant will produce SAF and renewable diesel from low-carbon and sustainable ethanol and serve as a blueprint to scale SAF production.
With projects spanning 25 countries and five continents, LanzaJet is working to scale ethanol-to-jet globally, and partnering with key players across the SAF value chain is critical to that mission.
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