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Gevo, Inc.
,
the world's only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced today
that it has come to an agreement with Lufthansa to evaluate Gevo's renewable
jet fuel with the goal of approving Gevo's alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for
commercial aviation use. Lufthansa's testing is being supported through work
with the European Commission.
"ATJ, like the Fischer-Tropsch pathway, has the potential to use
lignocellulosic waste as feedstock, but promises to do so at less cost than
Fischer-Tropsch," said Alexander Zschocke, Lufthansa Group Senior Manager
Aviation Biofuels. Lufthansa is a leader in the marketplace for alternative
fuels.
"By using isobutanol as a renewable raw material for producing jet fuel, the
resulting jet fuel has the mixtures of molecules typical of petro-based jet
fuel making it directly compatible with engines and infrastructure. Renewable
jet embodies the potential of cleaner, greener, and as we scale up, cost
competitive drop-in fuels," said Patrick Gruber, Gevo's chief executive
officer. "We greatly appreciate Lufthansa's and the European Commission's
support of this effort. Through initiatives like this, the commercial airlines
are seeking to prove out ATJ and move it towards commercialization. ATJ from
Gevo's isobutanol is a clean burning, homegrown, drop-in jet fuel, and we have
a potential route to deliver aviation biofuels at scale and at competitive
cost."
Gevo's patented ATJ fuel is truly a drop-in fuel, designed to be fully
compliant with aviation fuel specifications and provide equal performance,
including fit-for-purpose properties.
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