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Alaska Airlines flies first commercial flight with new biofuel made from forest residuals

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11/14/16 Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines made history today flying the world’s first commercial flight using a new sustainable alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals from the Pacific Northwest – the limbs, stumps and branches that are left over after a timber harvest or forest thinning of managed forests on private land.

The flight departed this morning from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., powered by a 20 percent blend of the new, sustainable biofuel sourced …more

USDA, Partners celebrate first wood-to-biojet-fuel commercial flight

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11/14/16 USDA Press release
USDA, Partners Celebrate First Wood-to-Jet-Fuel Commercial Flight

USDA and a Washington State University-Led Alliance Support Sustainable Jobs in Pacific Northwest

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2016 – Alaska Airlines today landed the first commercial flight powered in part by a new renewable fuel made of wood waste salvaged from private lands in Washington, Oregon and Montana. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack greeted the passengers for flight AS-4 arriving from Seattle at Washington Reagan National Airport to highlight this …more

Forest-powered biofuel flight heads to Washington, D.C.

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11/14/16 WSU News

SEATTLE – Washington state-based Alaska Airlines today made history flying the first commercial flight using the world’s first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting of managed forests.

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Forest-powered flight heads to Washington, D.C.

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First of its kind renewable biofuel made from residual wood used by Alaska Airlines

November 14, 2016

SEATTLE, Nov. 2016 – Washington state-based Alaska Airlines today made history flying the first commercial flight using the world’s first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting of managed forests. The alternative jet fuel was produced through the efforts of the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA).

The demonstration flight departed …more

Gevo Produces First Cellulosic Renewable Jet Fuel Specified for Use on Commercial Airline Flights

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Oct. 11, 2016

Flight with Alaska Airlines Expected to be Flown in the Next Few Months

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEVO), announced today that it has completed production of the world’s first cellulosic renewable jet fuel that is specified for commercial flights.  Gevo successfully adapted its patented technologies to convert cellulosic sugars derived from wood waste into renewable isobutanol, which was then further converted into Gevo’s Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) fuel. This ATJ meets the …more

CLEANER SKIES ARE FRIENDLIER SKIES: NRDC’s 2016 Aviation Biofuel Scorecard

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June 2016 – Natural Resources Defence Council

The aviation industry is the transportation sector with the fastest growth in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and it is under unprecedented regulatory scrutiny in national and international climate policy arenas. Therefore, the industry is making substantial efforts to develop alternative liquid fuels to meet two goals: capping its carbon emissions by 2020, and reducing emissions 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2050. NRDC’s Aviation Biofuel Scorecard aims to encourage airline leadership to …more

Plant-based jet fuel: WSU research takes off

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15 June 2016 – The Seattle Times

Today’s synergy is tomorrow’s energy. That is one principle underlying Washington State University’s collaborative, multidisciplinary work in biofuels – work that could pave the way toward sustainable, biologically based jet fuel for the aerospace industry in the Evergreen State and around the world.

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Alaska Airlines Pioneers Use of Corn-based Biofuel

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8 June 2016 – Airways News

The fuel blend used in the flights contained isobutanol, which is fermented from corn and converted into jet fuel at Gevo’s plant in Luverne, Minnesota. The airline is currently using a a mix of 20 percent isobutanol-based fuel and 80 percent conventional jet fuel, said Pat Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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