{"id":20102,"date":"2014-04-28T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilbioeconomista.com\/2014\/04\/24\/air-travel-is-more-biobased-lufthansa-will-test-gevos-isobutanol-derived-jet-fuel\/"},"modified":"2014-04-25T09:33:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:33:44","slug":"lufthansa-evaluate-gevos-renewable-jet-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/lufthansa-evaluate-gevos-renewable-jet-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa to Evaluate Gevo&#8217;s Renewable Jet Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Gevo, Inc. (Nasdaq:GEVO), the world&#8217;s only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced today that it has come to an agreement with Lufthansa to evaluate Gevo&#8217;s renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving Gevo&#8217;s alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use. Lufthansa&#8217;s testing is being supported through work with the European Commission.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; said Alexander Zschocke, Lufthansa Group Senior Manager Aviation Biofuels. Lufthansa is a leader in the marketplace for alternative fuels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; said Patrick Gruber, Gevo&#8217;s chief executive officer. &#8220;We greatly appreciate Lufthansa&#8217;s and the European Commission&#8217;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&#8217;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gevo&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<h3><em>About Gevo<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Gevo is a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company. Gevo&#8217;s patent-protected, capital-light business model converts existing ethanol plants into bio-refineries to make isobutanol. This versatile chemical can be directly integrated into existing chemical and fuel products to deliver environmental and economic benefits. Gevo has executed initial commercial-scale production runs at its isobutanol facility in Luverne, Minn., constructed in conjunction with ICM, a leading provider of proprietary ethanol process technology, and has a marquee list of partners including The Coca-Cola Company, Sasol Chemical Industries, and LANXESS, Inc., an affiliate of LANXESS Corporation, among others. Gevo is committed to a sustainable bio-based economy that meets society&#8217;s needs for plentiful food and clean air and water.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air travel is more bio-based. 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