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LanzaTech

Profitably recycling carbon — transforming pollution and formerly wasted carbon emissions into ethanol at industrial scale.

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Jennifer Holmgren

CEO at LanzaTech

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Employees 201–500
Headquarters United States
The world uses more than 91 million barrels of petroleum per day, yet 1.4 billion people still lack access to reliable energy, and CO2 levels continue to rise at a dangerous rate. LanzaTech helps solve these challenges through carbon capture and reuse technology. From waste industrial gases, to stranded methane, to waste forest biomass and municipal solid waste, LanzaTech utilizes a proprietary process to convert carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into ethanol, which can then be transformed into aviation fuel or polyethylene (i.e. "plastic"). For emitters, this approach offers new revenue streams, or avoids the cost of potentially significant penalties for emissions. This enables industrial and GDP growth without adversely impacting the environment, while providing job security for those employed in industries where pollution has forced closures and job losses. The carbon-reducing capacity of each operational plant is the equivalent of removing 120,000 cars off the road annually and has a payback period of 2-3.5 years.

Notable Achievements

  • Secured over 1,000 patents
  • +100,000 tons of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere
  • Already flying commercial passenger jets and making dresses and shoes out of recycled carbon

Currently Operating in 24 Regions

Press Mentions

January 28, 2025

Haffner Energy, LanzaJet, and LanzaTech Join Forces to Unlock Alcohol-To-Jet SAF Production ...

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January 23, 2025

LanzaTech Appoints Regenerate Power’s Reyad Fezzani to Board of Directors

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January 23, 2025

LanzaTech Appoints Regenerate Power’s Reyad Fezzani to Board of Directors

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January 22, 2025

LanzaTech to Form New Joint Venture and Launch Spin-Out of LanzaX Business, and Appoints Interim CFO of LanzaTech

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December 27, 2024

Technip Energies & LanzaTech Awarded Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy

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December 18, 2024

Technip Energies and LanzaTech Awarded Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for Commercializing Breakthrough CO2 to Ethylene Technology

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Work at LanzaTech

Posted January 14, 2025

Global Services Engineer - India - High Travel

Gurugram, Haryana, India

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Posted October 24, 2024

Plant Engineer

Soperton, GA, USA

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Posted August 28, 2024

Sales Manager, CarbonSmartTM Chemicals - India

New Delhi, Delhi, India

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