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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAlaska Airlines is a member of oneworld\u00ae global alliance\n(oneworld), and this agreement falls under the purview of a memorandum of\nunderstanding (MoU) that Alaska Airlines and Gevo signed in March 2022, laying\nthe groundwork for the 14 world-class airlines in the alliance to potentially purchase\n200 million gallons of SAF per year, from Gevo\u2019s future commercial production\noperations. Gevo and Alaska Airlines previously partnered in 2016 to\ndemonstrate the use of the first cellulosic renewable jet fuel specified for\nuse on a commercial airline flight, produced from the sugars of wood waste.\nThis Agreement with Alaska Airlines expands the list of committed airline\npartners and supports Gevo\u2019s pursuit of its stated goal of producing and\ncommercializing a billion gallons of SAF by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs we continue to grow our partnerships with oneworld\nairlines, I\u2019m personally gratified to see that Alaska Airlines has joined our\nlist of partners,\u201d said Gevo CEO Dr. Patrick Gruber. \u201cAlaska was the first\nairline to fly on a Gevo experimental fuel that we made from the cellulosic\nfiber of wood waste, providing a pathway and proof that waste woods can be used\nto make sustainable aviation fuel. When Alaska Airlines receives fuel from one\nof our Net-Zero facilities, they will do so having been a part of some of our\nvery important initial testing and delivery of sustainable aviation fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alaska Airlines is committed to alternatives that assist in\nits goal of reducing emissions, including the use of greener alternatives and\nthe prioritization of programs that help them safely burn less fuel. They have\ncommitted to pathways that will help them achieve net-zero carbon emissions by\n2040, with the stated goal of being \u201cthe most sustainable and fuel-efficient\nU.S. airline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUsing sustainable aviation fuel is a significant part of\nAlaska\u2019s five-part path to reach net zero carbon emissions, and we are excited\nabout this agreement with Gevo \u2013 alongside our partners American Airlines and\nothers in the oneworld alliance.\u201d said Diana Birkett Rakow, senior vice\npresident of public affairs and sustainability at Alaska Airlines. \u201cWe also\nrecognize that there is significant work required ahead \u2013 including public\npolicy action \u2013 to make SAF a viable, affordable option at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make renewable jet fuel, Gevo utilizes waste starch (or\nsugars) from field corn that has been utilized in the production of high\nprotein animal feed. These non-edible waste products are fermented into alcohol\nand then chemically converted to a renewable jet fuel through proprietary\nprocesses. This fuel is an ASTM tested and approved drop-in replacement for\nfossil-based jet fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Agreement with Alaska Airlines is subject to certain\nconditions, including Gevo developing, financing, and constructing one or more\nproduction facilities to produce the SAF contemplated by the Agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gevo, Inc. has announced a new fuel sales agreement with Alaska Airlines. The Agreement provides for Alaska Airlines to purchase 37 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for five years through Gevo\u2019s future commercial operations. Gevo\u2019s SAF deliveries are expected to begin in 2026. Alaska Airlines is a member of oneworld\u00ae global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23163,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161\/revisions\/23163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}