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Gevo, Inc.

Gevo

Gevo makes renewable fuel that pays attention to the things every consumer should care about: documented sustainability of the fuel, that it performs as well or better than the fossil fuels they replace, and a fungible product that can swap in and out with fossil fuels in all engines as needed.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

8 Nov 2022 · To exchange views on the upcoming New Regulatory Framework for Carbon Removals initiative

Meeting with Barbara Glowacka (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

30 Mar 2022 · To exchange views on issues such as the possible Delegated Act amending the RED II Annex IX, the upcoming Implementing Act on Voluntary Schemes, as well as the overall development of the regulatory framework on advanced biofuels.

Response to Detailed implementing rules for the voluntary schemes recognised by the European Commission

23 Jul 2021

July 22, 2021 Feedback on draft COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION on rules to verify sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria and low indirect land-use change-risk criteria AND ANNEXES to the COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION on rules to verify sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria and low indirect land-use change-risk criteria Submitted by: Gevo, Inc., PDF attached
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Meeting with Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

5 May 2021 · Meeting on Refuel EU.

Meeting with Laure Chapuis (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

23 Mar 2021 · Fit for 55 package; RED II revision.

Response to ReFuelEU Aviation - Sustainable Aviation Fuels

20 Apr 2020

Gevo welcomes the ReFuelEU Aviation initiative. Gevo is one of the few companies in the world that has worked towards producing a renewable feedstock called isobutanol for the production of sustainable low-emission fuels like gasoline, kerosene (SAF), diesel or chemicals for building a bio-based economy. Gevo’s renewable low-carbon jet fuels (ATJ-SPK) are used in today’s aircraft and is one of the few non-fossil based alternative jet fuels available for commercial use today. Gevo believes that an obligation to use SAF is the best way forward to make real progress. Such a blending mandate should be modest and in line with what industry can supply in Europe – considering this is a global market – and be increased yearly. A blending mandate is needed because voluntarily action is taking too long and also the ICAO process is rather slow. The chosen policy needs to be stable and kept in place for at least a decade to trigger investment and certainty of investment for developing at scale the pathways, like ATJ-SPK, that are at a high enough TRL (6+). Gevo doesn’t think that an obligation to blend SAF requires a multiplier. A mandate is incentive enough to both produce and use SAF. High CAPEX and OPEX make SAF relatively expensive. A decent ROI and market prices are needed. An auctioning mechanism cannot deliver a reasonable price as long as liquidity in SAF is modest. In the IIA is stated that “the availability of feedstock is currently a limiting factor for an upscale of SAF production.” The feedstock limitation is strongly determined by the rigour on allowed material to qualify as suitable feedstock. Not all agriculture is the same, and many practices can be shown to be sustainable and actually add further protein to the food chain whilst generating fuels. Black and white thinking should be avoided; a single agricultural crop can provide more markets than just one. Gevo supports efforts to ensure that SAF feedstocks are produced in a sustainable way. Directive 2018/2001 sets the conditions for determining what is sustainable material. Those materials that comply with the land-use criteria and the emission threshold should not be banned. If these criteria are respected the Regulator can be feedstock agnostic. Gevo recommends that the Commission keeps an open mind for the deployment of waste streams that occur when processing feed or food crops. If these waste materials can be used, then the volume of feedstock and hence SAF can increase substantially. Gevo has demonstrated that it is possible by encouraging farmers, as partners, to farm in a highly sustainable way driving higher yields, improving soil health, and capturing more carbon in the soil than ever before (RSB Global and ISCC+ certified). Crops from those fields can be truly seen as low-ILUC feedstock; yields on that land have increased over time and no new land is needed for conversion, resulting in GHG emission avoidance of around 75% but can be over 100%. Gevo’s uses the agricultural raw material in an optimal way: by producing highly concentrated protein feed as well as corn oil, a starch stream is left over that no longer has economic value in the food/feed sector. Discarding (landfill, burning) is then the only option, because feeding this starch to animals raises their GHG footprint. Gevo has worked on developing the yeast strain (biologic catalyst) that turns this starch into a feedstock, isobutanol, to be converted into high octane fuels and hydrocarbons. It is therefore possible to produce both the required food (protein and oil) and renewable fuel that can replace any fossil fuel without negative effects. No protein and nutrients are taken away from the food chain. Based on Gevo’s technology Gevo will supply to Delta Airlines upwards of 38 million liters of jet fuel per year. Gevo is determined to bring its technology to Europe.
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