Overview
- Twelve opened AirPlant One in Washington State, which began commercial production and initial deliveries of its CO2‑derived E‑Jet on Wednesday.
- The facility converts CO2 captured from a nearby ethanol plant into syngas using renewable power, refines a synthetic crude and produces an ASTM‑spec jet fuel that companies call E‑Jet.
- AirPlant One’s current nameplate is about 55,000 gallons per year while Twelve tweaks operations to lower emissions and prepares much larger follow‑on plants that it says will produce tens of millions of gallons.
- Regulators limit use of new fuels to blends because conventional kerosene contains aromatic molecules that affect existing aircraft fuel seals, and the FAA allows up to a 50% SAF blend for current fleets.
- Production is currently more expensive and has higher ramp‑up emissions than hoped, so early sales rely on partners such as Alaska Airlines and Microsoft buying credits to defray costs while peers like Infinium bring similar CO2‑to‑fuel projects online.