Microsoft Invests $50 Million in LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet Fuel Biorefinery

The White House said last year that it wants to lower aviation emissions by 20 percent by 2030.

Microsoft Invests $50 Million in LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet Fuel Biorefinery

Microsoft created the Climate Innovation Fund in 2020 to invest $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,400 crore)

Highlights
  • LanzaJet said it has nearly completed on-site engineering
  • The White House said last year that it wants to lower aviation emissions
  • The airline industry is considered one of the hardest to decarbonise
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Microsoft is investing $50 million (roughly Rs. 370 crore) in a LanzaJet facility in Georgia that will produce jet fuel from ethanol next year, LanzaJet said.

The airline industry is considered one of the hardest to decarbonise. Renewable aviation fuel accounted for less than 0.1 percent of current global jet fuel demand of about 330 million tonnes in 2019, investment bank Jefferies said last year. Governments and investors are trying to boost incentives to produce lower-carbon emitting jet fuel.

LanzaJet, based in Chicago, said it has nearly completed on-site engineering at its Freedom Pines Biorefinery, with plans to start producing 10 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel per year from sustainable ethanol, including from waste-based feedstocks, in 2023.

Oil majors, airlines, and other petroleum trading companies including Suncor Energy, British Airways, and Shell are also funding the company.

The White House said last year that it wants to lower aviation emissions by 20 percent by 2030, as airlines face pressure from environmental groups to lower their carbon footprint.

The Biden Administration has touted tax credits for production of sustainable jet fuel as part of its Build Back Better legislation, which is currently stalled in Congress.

The European Union is aiming to increase the amount of SAF blended in petroleum jet fuel to 63 percent by 2050.

Microsoft created the Climate Innovation Fund in 2020 to invest $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,400 crore) over the next four years to speed up the development of carbon removal technology.

© Thomson Reuters 2022


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