Hong Kong, July 23 -- All Nippon Airways (ANA), a leader in the region in striving for reduced CO2 emissions from flying, has signed an offtake agreement with joint venture, LanzaTech Inc., to purchase its sustainable aviation fuel product (SAF) for delivery from 2021.
Lanza and Pacific Northwest National Labs, have developed gas fermentation technology and associated processes that produce ethanol and ultimately the commercial processes that manufacture SAF.
In 2018, ANA signed a partnership with Mitsui & Co. Ltd, an investor in LanzaTech's catalytic technology. Later this year, ANA will test LanzaTech SAF made from industrial waste emissions on an ANA delivery flight. The SAF will be blended with 50% conventional jet fuel to ease the tr...