Publish Date : 30-Nov-2013
Emeryville, California, U.S.A., based Amyris, Inc., and GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, has signed a memorandum of understanding making way for GOL commercial flights to use Amyris renewable jet fuel in 2014.
Adalberto Bogsan, Vice President of GOL, said, "GOL is committed to making commercial aviation more efficient and sustainable. Our experimental flight with renewable jet fuel at the Rio+20 in 2012 was an important step to guide our work. Today, we advance one more step."
As per the memorandum of understanding, GOL and Amyris will be working together towards setting up of a framework to get Amyris renewable jet fuel produced from Brazilian sugarcane to GOL's commercial flights after receiving regulatory approvals and validation by standard-setting bodies, such as ASTM International and Brazil's Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP).
During the Brazilian Aviation Day celebration, the partnership, under the auspices of the Brazilian Biofuels Platform, an industry and government-supported initiative to encourage the use of renewable fuels in aviation, was announced, that included the participation of Brazil's Secretary of Civil Aviation, Minister Moreira Franco, and various industry stakeholders such as the Brazilian Airlines Association (ABEAR), the Brazilian Biodiesel and Biojet Association (UBRABIO), GE and Boeing among others.
Paulo Kakinoff, president of GOL, said, "GOL supports all initiatives to help make Brazilian aviation more sustainable."
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