Gevo plans to make its first commercial 30-million-gallon-per-year corn alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility at the 500-acre Gevo North Dakota site – the former Red Trail Energy ethanol plant in southwestern North Dakota – according to Chris Ryan, chief operating officer of Gevo, Inc.
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