World’s First Ethanol-to-Jet Fuel Plant Opens in US (1)

The world’s first plant using ethanol to make lower-polluting jet fuel opened in the US, a development that Iowa corn growers and biofuel producers say is a wake-up call to move faster to decarbonize.

Illinois-based LanzaJet Inc. formally unveiled its $200 million facility in rural Georgia at an event Wednesday with investors, including Suncor Energy Inc. and IAG SA’s British Airways as well as US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and local officials.

The inauguration of the LanzaJet ethanol-to-sustainable jet fuel plant in Georgia.

Photographer: LanzaJet Inc.

The plant, which received US government funds, plans to use biofuel made from both traditional raw materials, including American-grown corn, as well as from ...