LanzaTech’s Post

Barges are the new sleighs this December! We're thrilled to announce that we’ve reached an exciting operational milestone with our partner ArcelorMittal, Europe’s largest steel producer. Volumes of ethanol produced from recycled steel mill emissions have ramped to a significant enough level to support large-scale shipping, and our first barge shipment set sail last week out of  the Port of Ghent! This achievement not only marks a significant production milestone but also advances LanzaTech and ArcelorMittal’s joint strategy to develop a thriving European supply chain for sustainable ethanol produced in the region. We’ll be selling ethanol from this barge to LanzaTech CarbonSmart™ customers such as Coty. Steelanol, a first-of-its-kind facility for the European steel industry, uses LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology to transform carbon-rich industrial emissions from ArcelorMittal Belgium’s blast furnaces into fuel-grade ethanol. This ethanol can be sold directly into fuel markets or further purified or converted for use in a wide array of consumer products such as apparel, personal care, and packaging. With the capacity to produce 80 million liters annually, around half of Belgium's current ethanol demand, Steelanol can reduce carbon emissions by up to 125,000 tonnes annually. “At LanzaTech, our mission is to capture carbon for utilization over and over, ensuring we move away from extracting significant volumes of fossil carbon from the ground. Together with ArcelorMittal, we're proud to take this monumental step towards building an enduring global circular economy,” said our Chair and CEO, Dr. Jennifer Holmgren. We extend our gratitude and congratulations to the dedicated teams at both LanzaTech and ArcelorMittal, and our project partners, Primetals Technologies, E4tech (now part of ERM), and CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency for their support. Learn more about this milestone: https://lnkd.in/gqAnBbmC #CircularEconomy #CarbonRecycling #EnergyTransition Ausilio Bauen Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl Karl Purkarthofer Wim Van der Stricht Manfred Van Vlierberghe Irina Gorbounova Jeroen Van Lishout Kristof Verbeeck Bruno Mertens Carl Vandenbroucke Frederik De Maré Matthias Vandeputte Wouter Duvilliers Dieter Lampens Björn Heijstra Aura Cuellar Freya Burton