LanzaJet to provide tech for Wagner’s SAF project in Australia

LanzaTech Global and LanzaJet announced a new project with Australia’s Wagner Sustainable Fuels to evaluate equipping Wagner’s Brisbane SAF Refinery with the CirculAir platform.

The CirculAir platform is LanzaTech and LanzaJet’s joint technology solution that converts waste carbon and renewable power into SAF.

“LanzaTech and LanzaJet look forward to providing our joint commercial solution to Wagner Sustainable Fuels to accelerate the development of a domestic Australian SAF market,” said Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO at LanzaTech and board chair of LanzaJet.

CirculAir process utilises carbon recycling technology to transform local waste streams, such as industrial emissions and municipal solid waste, into ethanol. Subsequently, the ethanol is used to convert into drop-in SAF via its alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology.

“The Wagner Sustainable Fuels project in Brisbane allows Australia to continue to stand out as a leader in SAF, now leveraging the CirculAir platform we co-created with LanzaTech to convert different forms of waste carbon into sustainable fuels,” said Jimmy Samartzis, CEO, LanzaJet.

“The combination of LanzaJet’s leading SAF solution with the front-end of LanzaTech’s proven and commercialized carbon recycling technology makes it possible to create a domestic SAF supply in Australia using local renewable waste sources, further supporting the country’s energy security, while also working to protect its natural environment.”

In addition to securing a commercial partnership with LanzaTech and LanzaJet, the project has received financial investments from The Boeing Company and the Queensland Government.