Strong demand for ethanol-based jet fuel

The ethanol industry is working to expand further into the renewable jet fuel market. 

A panel of ethanol researchers and fuel producers told their colleagues and farmers the demand for sustainable aviation fuel or SAF is very high worldwide.  Tim Cesarek is the Executive Vice President for Gevo, a fuel and chemical producer. He says, “In the last three to five years, I’ve never seen a convergence of interest associated with really, customer pull, people wanting the product and paying for the product.”

Jimmy Samartzis from LanzaJet says his company worked with the Canadian government to successfully test a 92% renewable jet fuel mixture at a high altitude, and found additional benefits.

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