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LanzaTech Selects North Sea Port, Ghent as Site for Europe's First Commercial Alcohol-to-Jet SAF Facility

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  • North Sea Port in Ghent, Belgium, has been selected as the permanent site for Europe's first commercial-scale Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) facility using LanzaJet™ technology.
  • The FLITE consortium, supported by EU Horizon 2020 funding, confirmed the imminent submission of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping notification with Belgian authorities to de-risk the project toward a Financial Investment Decision.
  • The project is expected to create approximately 50 permanent high-quality jobs once operational and an average of 300 FTE positions during the three-year construction period.
  • LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren noted that Feedstock Supply LOIs, offtake frameworks, and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) are substantially complete, with the site located near the ArcelorMittal Steelanol ethanol plant.
  • The facility will be fully compliant with CORSIA, EU ReFuelEU Aviation, and UK SAF Mandate regulations to access multiple high-value compliance markets.
  • North Sea Port CEO Cas König highlighted the location's mature industrial ecosystem, existing utilities, skilled workforce, and multimodal connectivity as key advantages for the project.
  • North Sea Port operates a 60-kilometer cross-border area spanning the Netherlands and Belgium, generating €12.7 billion in annual added value and employing 106,000 people.
  • LanzaTech is a US-headquartered leader in carbon management that utilizes gas-fermentation technology to transform waste carbon into fuels and chemicals.
  • The project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 857839.
  • The press release includes forward-looking statements regarding future plans, strategies, and financial prospects subject to risks and uncertainties outlined in LanzaTech's SEC filings.