Sustainability and Environment
LanzaJet Debuts World's First Ethanol-to-SAF Production Facility
The Georgia facility will be capable of producing 10 million gallons of fuel a year
LanzaJet SAF facility at Soperton, Georgia
LanzaJet's new Freedom Pines SAF plant in Georgia represents the first of its kind. Utilizing the company's ethanol-to-SAF production process, its pure SAF—derived from a wide range of sustainable feedstocks—can reduce lifecycle greenhouse emissions by more than 70 percent compared to conventional petroleum-based jet fuel.

Government officials and industry leaders were on hand today in Soperton, Georgia, as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) innovator and producer LanzaJet opened the world’s first commercial ethanol-to-SAF refinery.

The Freedom Pines facility—under construction since 2022—represents the first viable next-generation SAF technology capable of scaling production to the levels needed to help aviation decarbonize. It will utilize a variety of sustainable feedstocks including agricultural waste, municipal solid waste, energy crops, and captured carbon from industrial processes. At full capacity, it will produce 10 million gallons of SAF or renewable diesel a year, and through offtake agreements, its entire output is already committed for the next decade.

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