pilot plant (North Carolina)
pilot plant (North Carolina) is an under construction sustainable aviation fuel project in North Carolina, United States, owned by Lydian. Its announced capacity is 0 thousand tonnes a year (0 million litres, 0 million US gallons), by the Power-to-liquid pathway. The record was read from the news by the reader (TechCrunch, January 27, 2025) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- Lydian
- Place
- North Carolina, United States
- Pathway
- Power-to-liquid
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- under construction
- Announced capacity
- 0 thousand tonnes a year · 0 million litres · 0 million US gallons
- Due to start
- not recorded
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: Exclusive: Lydian can make aviation fuel wherever there’s CO2 and electricity (TechCrunch, 2025-01-27); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-17; not yet checked
Other plants and projects recorded with Lydian
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIVOT platform (Boston) | Boston, United States | planned | 61 | 2030 |
| pilot plant (North Carolina) | North Carolina, United States | under construction | 0 | |
| commercial demonstration plant (East Texas) | East Texas, United States | planned | 2028 |
In the news latest items naming Lydian
- 2026-08-04 Lydian raises $43 million led by SAF-focused fund Chemical & Engineering News
- 2026-07-31 Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Backs Low-Cost Synthetic Jet Fuel Platform Lydian ESG Today
- 2026-07-30 Bill Gates’ venture fund backs hydrogen-based SAF start-up in $43m raise gasworld
- 2026-07-30 Lydian Raises $43 Million for Synthetic SAF AVweb
- 2026-07-30 Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Leads $43M Investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Startup Lydian citybiz
- 2026-07-30 Lydian Raises $43 Million Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures to Deliver Cost-Competitive Synthetic Aviation Fuel at Commercial Scale PR Newswire
- 2026-07-30 Airline-Backed SAF Fund Supports E-Fuel Developer Lydian Aviation Week
- 2026-03-19 Hormuz shock sparks defense concerns and a push for green jet fuel POLITICO.eu
- 2026-01-08 SAF-maker Lydian closed $44M to get closer to opening a commercial demo plant Axios
- 2025-01-30 Startup Lydian Reduces Cost Of E-Fuel SAF Aviation Week
- 2025-01-28 Lydian announces “successful” pilot demonstration of SAF technology Airport Technology
- 2025-01-27 Exclusive: Lydian can make aviation fuel wherever there’s CO2 and electricity TechCrunch
- 2025-01-27 Lydian Announces Successful Demonstration of Novel Sustainable Aviation Fuel Technology PR Newswire
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, pilot plant (North Carolina): sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/pilot-plant-north-carolina-united-states, retrieved 2026-10-19. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].