據(jù)烴加工網(wǎng)站1月14日?qǐng)?bào)道 LanzaJet表示，微軟將投資5000萬(wàn)美元于佐治亞州的LanzaJet工廠，該工廠明年將用乙醇生產(chǎn)噴氣燃料。

航空業(yè)被認(rèn)為是最難脫碳的行業(yè)之一。投資銀行杰富瑞去年表示，2019年可再生航空燃料占當(dāng)前全球航空燃料需求量（約3.3億噸）的比例不到0.1%。政府和投資者正試圖刺激生產(chǎn)低碳排放航空燃料。

總部位于芝加哥的LanzaJet表示，其Freedom Pines燃料生物精煉廠的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)工程已接近完成，計(jì)劃在2023年開(kāi)始每年從可持續(xù)乙醇（包括廢物原料）生產(chǎn)1000萬(wàn)加侖的可持續(xù)航空燃料（SAF）和可再生柴油。

石油巨頭、航空公司和其他石油貿(mào)易公司，包括森科爾能源公司、英國(guó)航空公司和殼牌也在為該公司提供資金。

白宮去年表示，希望到2030年將航空排放量減少20%，因?yàn)楹娇展久媾R來(lái)自環(huán)保組織的壓力，要求降低碳足跡。

歐盟的目標(biāo)是到2050年將SAF摻入石油噴氣燃料的量提高到63%。

微軟于2020年成立了氣候創(chuàng)新基金，在未來(lái)四年內(nèi)投資10億美元，以加快碳去除技術(shù)的發(fā)展。

王磊 摘譯自 烴加工

原文如下：

Microsoft invests $50 MM in alcohol-to-jet fuel biorefinery

Microsoft is investing $50 MM in a LanzaJet facility in Georgia that will produce jet fuel from ethanol next year, LanzaJet said.

The airline industry is considered one of the hardest to decarbonize. Renewable aviation fuel accounted for less than 0.1% of current global jet fuel demand of about 330 MM tons in 2019, investment bank Jefferies said last year. Governments and investors are trying to boost incentives to produce lower-carbon emitting jet fuel.

LanzaJet, based in Chicago, said it has nearly completed on-site engineering at its Freedom Pines Fuels biorefinery, with plans to start producing 10 MM gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel per year from sustainable ethanol, including from waste-based feedstocks, in 2023.

Oil majors, airlines and other petroleum trading companies including Suncor Energy Inc., British Airways and Shell are also funding the company.

The White House said last year that it wants to lower aviation emissions by 20% by 2030, as airlines face pressure from environmental groups to lower their carbon footprint.

The European Union is aiming to increase the amount of SAF blended in petroleum jet fuel to 63% by 2050.

Microsoft created the Climate Innovation Fund in 2020 to invest $1 B over the next four years to speed up the development of carbon removal technology.