Best of 2024: Decoding the future of sustainable aviation fuel

In this special holiday episode, we explore conversations with five industry leaders developing innovative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production technologies.INERATEC CEO Tim Boeltken explains their modular e-fuel technology that converts green hydrogen and CO2 into carbon-neutral liquid fuels. They aim to transform 1 gigawatt of renewable energy into 125 million gallons of sustainable e-fuel by early 2030s.LanzaJet CEO Jimmy Samartzis discusses their alcohol-to-jet technology, which efficiently converts ethanol into 90% SAF and 10% renewable diesel. Their Georgia facility, LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels, is the world’s first ethanol-to-SAF production plant.Twelve CEO Nicholas Flanders details their E-Jet® fuel technology that transforms CO2 and water into aviation fuel with up to 90% lower lifecycle emissions. Their partnership with Alaska Airlines and Microsoft aims to scale E-Jet® production.Arcadia eFuels CEO Amy Hebert outlines their strategy to scale commercial e-fuel production without pilot plants, targeting 100 million litres annually through fully electrified facilities that could reduce CO2 emissions by 250,000 tonnes.Nova Pangaea Technologies CEO Sarah Ellerby describes their REFNOVA® technology that converts agricultural and woody wastes into SAF precursors. Their Project Speedbird partnership with LanzaJet and British Airways has secured £9 million in UK government funding.If you LOVED this episode, you’ll also love all the conversations we had through the year with dozens of industry executives, technology leaders and scientists. Check out the archive here. Learn more about the innovators who are navigating the industry’s challenges to make sustainable aviation a reality, in our new book ‘Sustainability in the Air’. Click here to learn more.Feel free to reach out via email to [email protected]. For more content on sustainable aviation, visit our website green.simpliflying.com and join the movement. It’s about time.Links & More:How INERATEC plans to turn 1 gigawatt of power into 125 million gallons of e-fuelLanzaJet plans to produce 1 billion gallons of SAF by 2030How Twelve’s carbon transformation technology is making carbon-neutral fuels a realityAre eFuels the holy grail of sustainable aviation fuels?How Nova Pangaea Technologies plans to turn agricultural and forestry waste into SAF