Alcohol-to-jet (ATJ-SPK)
Sustainable aviation fuel made from ethanol or isobutanol, itself made from corn, sugar cane, forestry residues or waste gases, by dehydrating the alcohol and joining the molecules into kerosene. The route United States ethanol producers are building plants for. Annex A8 (ATJ-SKA) is the version with aromatics.
The fuel
- Class
- Sustainable aviation fuel
- Specification
- ASTM D7566 Annex A5
- Status
- in use
- Blend limit
- 50% with fossil jet fuel
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aircraft on the register burn it
no engine series on the register is built for it
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no airport on record sells it
by the FAA's file, the news and the sellers' sites
Who makes it 76 plants on SAFxCHANGE's record · announced capacity
| Plant | Owner | Where | Pathway | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energis8 (Paulinia) | Energis8 | Paulinia, Brazil | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 800 | 2031 |
| Ethiopian Minerals Corporation | Ethiopian Minerals Corporation | Ethiopia | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 480 | 2030 |
| Nacero Inc. | Nacero Inc. | United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 439 | — |
| New Energy Freedom (Mason City) | New Energy Blue | Mason City, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 408 | 2025 |
| Green Plains | Green Plains | Mid-Continent, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | operating | 387 | 2026 |
| Avina | Avina | United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 363 | 2027 |
| LanzaJet (southwest of Chicago) | LanzaJet | southwest of Chicago, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 363 | 2023 |
| Lanzajet/ Marquis | Lanzajet/ Marquis | Hennepin, Illinois, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 345 | — |
| Summit Agricultural Group | Summit Agricultural Group | New Orleans, US Gulf, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 316 | — |
| Pajaritos biorefinery (Coatzacoalcos) | Pemex | Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 232 | 2030 |
| Gevo North Dakota (Richardton) | Gevo | Richardton, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 227 | — |
| VertiBlue Fuels LLC facility (Florida) | VertiBlue Fuels LLC | Florida, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 211 | — |
| Stanlow MtJ | EET | Stanlow, United Kingdom | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 200 | — |
| Flying Forest (Iisalmi) | Flying Forest | Iisalmi, Finland | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 200 | — |
| Sugar Valley Energy | Sugar Valley Energy | United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 184 | — |
| Nansei Sekiyu K.K. | Nansei Sekiyu K.K. | Japan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 175 | 2028 |
| Suncor | Suncor | St.Clair, Ontario, Canada | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 172 | — |
| Cosmo Oil/Mitsui | Cosmo Oil/Mitsui | Tokyo, Japan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 172 | — |
| Technip | Technip | France | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 160 | — |
| GEVO/New-Zero 1 | GEVO/New-Zero 1 | Lake Preston, South Dakota, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | cancelled | 158 | 2025 |
| NorSAF | NorSAF | Latvia | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 100 | 2031 |
| AeroVerde | Haffner Energy, IGNIS P2X | Spain | Alcohol-to-jet, Fischer-Tropsch, Power-t | planned | 100 | — |
| Monarch ethanol plant (Sauget) | Crysalis Biosciences | Sauget, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | under construction | 94 | 2024 |
| India Oil Corporation/ Lanzajet | India Oil Corporation/ Lanzajet | Panipat, Haryana, India | Alcohol-to-jet | operating | 88 | 2026 |
| Hyskies - Lanzatech,Vattenfall, SAS, Shell | Hyskies - Lanzatech,Vattenfall, SAS, Shell | Forsmark, Uppsala, Formark, Sweden | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 86 | 2026 |
| Project DRAGON | Project DRAGON | Port Talbot, South Wales, United Kingdom | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 86 | — |
| Project Speedbird - BA, LanzaJet, Nova Pangaea | Project Speedbird - BA, LanzaJet, Nova Pangaea | Wilton International, Teeside, England, United Kingdom | Alcohol-to-jet | operating | 86 | 2025 |
| Brisbane Recycling and SAF Facility | Wagner Sustainable Fuels | Brisbane, Australia | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 81 | 2026 |
| Ethanol-to-Jet SAF facility | TruAlt Bioenergy | India | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 80 | — |
| DRAGON II (Saltend) | LanzaTech Global | Saltend, United Kingdom | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 80 | 2030 |
| Dragon II (Hull) | LanzaTech | Hull, United Kingdom | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 80 | 2030 |
| LanzaTech | LanzaTech | Oman | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 80 | — |
| DRAGON (Port Talbot) | LanzaTech | Port Talbot, United Kingdom | Alcohol-to-jet | cancelled | 79 | 2025 |
| LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Ghent) | LanzaTech Global, Inc. | Ghent, Belgium | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 79 | 2030 |
| Jet Zero Australia / Lanzajet | Jet Zero Australia / Lanzajet | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 76 | 2029 |
| Idemitsu (Tokyo, alcohol-to-jet) | Idemitsu | Tokyo, Japan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 76 | 2026 |
| AtmosFUEL - LanzaJet, Carbon Engineering | AtmosFUEL - LanzaJet, Carbon Engineering | United Kingdom | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 76 | 2026 |
| HCS Group | HCS Group | Speyer, Germany | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 60 | 2026 |
| LanzaJet (Rudny) | LanzaJet | Rudny, Kazakhstan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 54 | — |
| Shougang LanzaTech | Shougang LanzaTech | China | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 50 | — |
| ERA project | SAFIRIS | France | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 50 | 2030 |
| KazMunayGas | KazMunayGas | Kazakhstan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 50 | — |
| Flite consortium led by SkyNRG | Flite consortium led by SkyNRG | Europe (site not yet chosen) | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 30 | — |
| LanzaJet (Italy Midpoint) | LanzaJet | Italy Midpoint, Italy | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 30 | — |
| LanzaJet (Tokyo) | LanzaJet | Tokyo, Japan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 30 | — |
| Renewable.bio | Renewable.bio | Esperance, Washington, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 30 | — |
| Paris-Vatry SAF | Haffner Energy | Paris-Vatry, France | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 30 | 2030 |
| Sweetwater Energy facility (Luverne) | Sweetwater Energy | Luverne, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 30 | 2022 |
| Lanzatech | Lanzatech | Europe, Europe (site not yet chosen) | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 29 | — |
| LanzaJet (Soperton) | LanzaJet | Soperton, Georgia, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | operating | 29 | 2023 |
| LanzaJet (Georgia) | LanzaJet | Georgia, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | operating | 27 | 2022 |
| Byogy | Byogy | Kawasaki, Japan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 22 | — |
| Swedish Biofuels/COWI | Swedish Biofuels/COWI | Stockholm, Sweden | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 20 | 2025 |
| LOTUS (SkyNRG, Lanzajet) | LOTUS (SkyNRG, Lanzajet) | Pacific Northwest, Washington, United States | Alcohol-to-jet | operating | 14 | 2024 |
| GranBio demonstration plant | GranBio Technologies | United States | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 6 | 2026 |
| GPS Renewables (Pudimadaka) | GPS Renewables | Pudimadaka, India | Alcohol-to-jet | under construction | 1 | 2029 |
| NTPC Green Energy Limited (Visakhapatnam) | NTPC Green Energy Limited | Visakhapatnam, India | Alcohol-to-jet | under construction | 1 | 2029 |
| GPS Renewables (Atchuthapuram) | GPS Renewables | Atchuthapuram, India | Alcohol-to-jet | under construction | 1 | 2029 |
| NTPC (Pudimadaka) | NTPC | Pudimadaka, India | Alcohol-to-jet | under construction | 1 | 2029 |
| Chiba Complex alcohol-to-jet project | Idemitsu Kosan | Chiba, Japan | Alcohol-to-jet | planned | 0 | 2026 |
From the SAFxCHANGE capacity board, which holds every plant with its sources; news-found plants not yet settled are left out of totals there.
Connections how this fuel links to the rest of the register
Made at
- Energis8 (Paulinia) · Brazil 800 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- Ethiopian Minerals Corporation · Ethiopia 480 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- Nacero Inc. · United States 439 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- New Energy Freedom (Mason City) · United States 408 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- Green Plains · United States 387 thousand tonnes a year · operating
- Avina · United States 363 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- LanzaJet (southwest of Chicago) · United States 363 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- Lanzajet/ Marquis · United States 345 thousand tonnes a year · planned
Other sustainable aviation fuel
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/fuel/atj-spk.json.
Sources: FAA Civil Aviation Registry (November 2, 2026) for the engines and aircraft; the FAA airport master file for fuel sold; the FAA's supplemental type certificate listings for the approvals; SAFxCHANGE's record for the plants, deals and the airports named in the news; the sellers' own websites where named. Specifications as published by ASTM International and the U.S. military. The fuel makers' own pages say where their fuel is sold this month; this page is as current as those records.