Partnership Boosts Use of Jet Biofuel in 2014
October 30, 2013News article: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/10/20131023-amyris.html
News article: http://domesticfuel.com/2013/10/24/amyris-partners-with-gol/
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Bioenergy company Amyris, Inc. and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will pave the way for GOL commercial flights to use Amyris jet biofuel in 2014.
Under the said MOU, the two companies will establish a framework so that GOL's commercial flights can use Amyris' jet biofuel produced from Brazilian sugarcane using direct sugar to hydrocarbon pathway (DSHC) subject to regulatory approvals and validation by standard-setting bodies.
Lifecycle analysis indicates that the Amyris renewable jet fuel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent or more when compared to conventional fossil-derived jet fuel. The company uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of molecules. Amyris' brand of the renewable farnesene, a long-chain hydrocarbon, can be subsequently upgraded to diesel or jet fuel, among other products.
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