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Aemetis

Aemetis is an under construction sustainable aviation fuel project in Riverbank, California, United States. Its announced capacity is 129 thousand tonnes a year (161 million litres, 43 million US gallons), by the Fischer-Tropsch pathway. It is due to start in 2025. The record comes from the SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023.

129thousand tonnes a year161 million litres, 43 million US gallons
under constructionstatusdue 2025
Fischer-Tropschpathwayrecorded as "FT-SPK"
United StatesNorth AmericaRiverbank, California

The record

Owner
Aemetis
Place
Riverbank, California, United States (37.733, -120.936)
Pathway
Fischer-Tropsch (recorded as "FT-SPK")
Fuel
sustainable aviation fuel
Status
under construction
Announced capacity
129 thousand tonnes a year · 161.2 million litres · 42.6 million US gallons
Due to start
2025
Where the record came from
The SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023.
Notes
; status from article 906 (2024-04-01); start_year from article 3052 (2022-10-26)

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Capacity is as announced, a year, with tonnes counted at 0.8 kilograms per litre; a plant's own figure may differ. A record "settled by rule" was read from an article by the reader and checked only against the site's rules (a plausible size, a real owner, no duplicate), not by a person. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, Aemetis: sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/aemetis, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].