Air TOTAL and Gevo enter into agreement on producing and supplying sustainable aviation fuel



Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gevo has just announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Air TOTAL International SA (Air TOTAL) to produce and supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for use and distribution in France and other parts of Europe.
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Figure 1. Air TOTAL and Gevo enter into partnership to produce and supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel

With the finalization of this new contract, Gevo will initially supply Air TOTAL with SAF from its facility in Silsbee (Texas) and later from its expanded plant in Luverne (Minnesota) which is expected to be constructed over the next several years.

Gevo fractionates grain to produce protein and animal feed while using the residual carbohydrate portion for fermentation to produce an intermediate chemical: isobutanol. This isobutanol is then chemically transformed into SAF meeting ASTM D7566 (Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons). The SAF made by this process has very low sulfur, low particulates, and slightly higher energy density than petroleum-based jet fuel. For every gallon of SAF, Gevo also produces approximately 10 pounds of protein that goes into the food supply chain and can sequester up to 2 pounds of carbon dioxide as carbon into the soil.
Learn more about this topic here: “Alcohol-To-Fuel”.

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