Gevo receives grant from the Queensland Waste to Biofutures Fund for a sustainable aviation fuel project


Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gevo, Inc. has been awarded 159,000 Australian dollars of the Queensland Waste to Biofutures (W2B) Fund to support the assessment of a 2G feedstock to biofuel project in Queensland (Australia). The W2B Fund provides 5 million Australian dollars to boost the development of waste to biofutures projects in Queensland.
Queensland Government media statement: “Grant secures take-off for sustainable aviation fuel project”, 27/2/2020.
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Figure 1. Gevo supplied the renewable fuel used in Virgin Australia’s trial of sustainable aviation fuel at Brisbane Airport which was completed in June last year. Gevo’s participation in the successful SAF trial at the Brisbane Airport led to Queensland being considered as the location for the company’s first biorefinery outside of the United States.

This new research project will see Gevo collaborate with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to turn sugar cane waste and wood waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This opportunity opens the door for the development of a project that not only supplies low carbon gasoline to Queensland, but also the possibility to supply commercial quantities of 2G SAF to the Brisbane Airport. For this project, Gevo is evaluating the most likely 2G biomass to carbohydrate conversion process to use in conjunction with its proven carbohydrate to low carbon biofuel process.
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