Illinois Clean Fuels

Organization Profile

Illinois Clean Fuels is developing recycling and synthetic fuel plants that convert municipal garbage into jet fuel, paired with carbon capture and storage. This better-than-net-zero process provides a cost-effective route to help decarbonize some of the most difficult-to-decarbonize sectors of the world economy.

The recycling plants on the front end of our supply chain process residual municipal solid waste that otherwise would have been landfilled or incinerated, providing next-generation municipal solid waste management solutions for the communities we serve. These plants recover valuable raw materials and low-carbon energy that can be used at either a synthetic fuel plant or a cement plant.

Our synthetic fuel plant will convert that energy to ultra-clean jet fuel in a process paired with carbon capture and storage. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel this plant produces will have a lifecycle climate impact very far below zero. When combined, this system represents the cleanest and most climate-friendly possible option for the treatment of municipal waste.

We are project developers, not technology inventors. ICF will deploy the best available process technologies from around the world, as they are proven out at a commercial scale. While the plants we deploy will expand the scope of what has already been demonstrated, all of the core technologies required to eliminate the climate impact of municipal waste treatment, aviation, and cement production already exist and have already been demonstrated at scale. Our job is to deploy them.

We have built a team of the most senior industry leaders, engineers, process technology innovators, and operations specialists to make this a reality.