Sustainability and Environment
LanzaJet's Georgia SAF Facility Reaches New Heights
Looking toward completion later this year, work continues on LanzaJet's first full-scale sustainable aviation fuel plant, taking shape in Georgia.
Freedom Pines SAF plant in Georgia under construction
LanzaJet's under-construction first industrial-scale sustainable aviation fuel plant reached its full height earlier this month. On track for completion by the end of the year, the facility will produce 10 million gallons of renewable fuel a year. (Photo: LanzaJet)

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology pioneer LanzaJet reports it has reached another milestone in the construction of its first commercial-scale SAF production plant, taking shape in Soperton, Georgia. Anticipated to be completed by the end of this year, the company noted the final modules are now in place in the more-than-10-story biorefinery that will be the heart of the facility.

Construction of the Freedom Pines plant—located less than 100 miles from Savannah—began in August. When operational, the facility will be the first commercial plant to use the alcohol-to-jet SAF production pathway. It is expected to refine 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel a year using a range of sustainable low-carbon-intensity ethanol derived from sources such as waste-based feedstocks.

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