Twelve to break ground on eSAF facility in Moses Lake, Washington, July 11

Nicholas Flanders, CEO and co-founder of the carbon-transformation company Twelve, at Paris Air Show 2023 announcing plans for a new E-Jet fuel plant in Moses Lake, Washington. (Photo: Washington State Department of Commerce)

Carbon-transformation company Twelve and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced plans June 19 to scale the production of E-Jet® fuel, Twelve’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from CO2 and renewable energy, with a commercial-scale production facility in Moses Lake, Washington.

A groundbreaking event for the facility will take place July 11 with Inslee and other regional and local stakeholders who support sustainable aviation fuel development in Washington state.

The announcement was made during a press conference held at the Washington state exhibit at the 2023 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France.

Twelve’s E-Jet fuel is produced using the company’s carbon-transformation technology, which uses only renewable energy and water to transform CO2 into critical chemicals and materials conventionally made from fossil fuels.

With up to 90 percent lower lifecycle emissions compared to conventional fossil-based fuels, E-Jet fuel is a drop-in synthetic fuel that works seamlessly with existing aircraft and faces no constraints on feedstock, offering a viable long-term solution to address emissions in the aviation industry.

Transitioning to E-Jet fuel not only reduces reliance on fossil fuels, but also reduces particulate emissions from aviation and decreases impacts on neighboring communities.

“Washington maintains its widely recognized leadership in the aviation and aerospace industries by creating a competitive business environment that fosters technology innovation, such as carbon transformation, that will help decarbonize the global aviation industry,” Inslee said. “We’re excited for Twelve to join the growing number of innovative companies that recognize everything Washington has to offer.”

Nicholas Flanders, CEO and co-founder of Twelve, added, “Commercial-scale production of E-Jet fuel is a major milestone in our mission of creating a world run on air. Washington is the perfect location for our facility, with its abundant renewable energy resources to power our carbon-transformation process and longstanding global leadership in the aviation industry.”

The first customers to receive E-Jet fuel from the plant will be companies and major airlines with which Twelve has existing partnerships, including Shopify, Alaska Airlines and Microsoft.