Farnesane biojet blend used in US-to-Brazil flights

Amyris, an industrial bioscience company, is teaming up with Brazilian airline GOL to begin the first international commercial route from the US to Brazil, with the recently approved biojet fuel, farnesane.

Brazilian airline GOL will fly its Boeing 737 fleet with up to 10% farnesane biojet fuel.

Amyris' goal to bring faresane to commercial flights is supported by Boeing, the Inter-American Development Bank and other partners.

Developed by Amyris and Total, one of the world's leading energy companies, this new aviation renewable fuel meets the rigorous performance requirements set for Jet A/A-1 fuel used by the global commercial aviation industry.

'This low carbon and sustainable biofuel is part of a major commitment of GOL to address the IATA Carbon Neutral Growth 2020 Programme,' says Pedro Scorza, director of technical operations with GOL. 'We are working closely with the Brazilian Biojet Fuel Platform to achieve the 1% blend milestone in early 2016, beginning with more than 200 sustainable flights during the World Cup in Brazil.'

The global aviation industry is focusing its efforts on reducing its GHG emissions, including achieving carbon neutral growth by 2020 and reducing emissions by 50% by 2050 compared to 2005.