Aemetis, per the agreement, will be able to employ the bio-fuels ISOCONVERSION process to produce 100% drop-in renewable jet fuel and diesel in at its bio-refineries throughout North America.
Applied Research Associates (ARA) has developed Catalytic Hydrothermolysis technology converts plant oils into intermediate oil products using water as a catalyst.
Intermediate oils are then processed with hydrogen using CLG’s ISOCONVERSION catalysts to produce drop-in jet fuel and diesel that the company claims to be a 100% replacement for petroleum-based jet and diesel fuel.
ARA program manager Chuck Red said, "As an experienced biofuels company that is already operating refineries in the US and Asia, Aemetis brings significant momentum to the commercialization of this revolutionary renewable jet and diesel fuel production process developed by Chevron Lummus Global and ARA."
Aemetis chairman and CEO Eric McAfee added, "Expanding or converting existing biofuels and refining facilities to use the Biofuels ISOCONVERSION Process accelerates the scale up of production to supply the 70 billion gallon per year global market for jet fuel and the 50 billion gallon US market for diesel."
