In Kansas, KSCB News reports a groundbreaking ceremony was held for Southwest Airlines’ new SAFFiRE plant in Liberal, Kansas that will turn corn stover and husks into ethanol for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The groundbreaking was led by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – the co-chair of the Senate Sustainable Aviation Caucus, who introduced the Farm […]
In Texas, Southwest Airlines Co. has acquired SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC as part of the investment portfolio of its wholly owned subsidiary Southwest Airlines Renewable Ventures, LLC (SARV). SARV is dedicated to creating more opportunities for Southwest® to obtain scalable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAFFiRE is part of a project supported by the Department of Energy […]
In Illinois, LanzaJet, Inc. announced a $30 million investment by Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) in LanzaJet. As part of the agreement, LanzaJet and Southwest intend to work toward the development of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility and collaborate to advance the operations of a corn stover to ethanol technology company in which Southwest […]
