Alaska Airlines is signed up to become the first to use Gevo Inc.s alcohol-based jet fuel as soon as it completes testing and certification. The hope is to be able to reduce pollution, reduce swings in fuel price, and have a steady, domestic source of jet fuel.
Gevo has been walking its product through certification by manufacturers and the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) for six years, and expects to be approved by the middle of this year.
Alaska Airlines isn't a stranger to this new world of biofuel; it's made a strategic goal to use it regularly for flights at one or more hubs by 2020. In November 2011, Alaska flew more than 75 flights between Washington DC and the west coast using reprocessed cooking oil. More HERE from streetinsider.com
PS...Gevo's stock jumped 70% on news of the deal with Alaska...Lab Photo: Gevo Inc.
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