LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Build RD Plant in Illinois

LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to construct a 120 million gallon per year integrated sustainable fuels plant at the Marquis Industrial Complex in Hennepin, IL.

The facility will use low-carbon intensity feedstocks to produce SAF and renewable diesel utilizing the LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet process.  The plant will use renewable energy to produce SAF and have on-site carbon capture, which is expected to result in greenhouse gas reduction of more than 70 percent compared to conventional jet fuel.

Engineering of the project is scheduled to begin this year with a targeted startup date of 2025.

LanzaJet’s 10 million gallon per year Freedom Pines Fuels plant near Soperton, GA, is set to come online in 2022 with commercial production beginning in 2023. Both plants intend to use low-CI,…