Brazil’s Azul airline to test biofuels in 2012; Embraer, GE, Amyris partner in support

In Brazil, Embraer and General Electric announced that they will conduct a test flight using renewable jet fuel produced from sugar cane by Amyris Biotechnologies. The test flight will be operated by Azul Linhas Aereas and will be conducted in 2012.

Amyris produces its renewable fuel by synthetically altering the metabolic pathways of microorganisms, such as yeast, to engineer “living factories” that transform sugar into products such as diesel fuel and jet fuel. Among the company’s investors are Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Khosla Ventures, The Texas Pacific Group, Votorantim, and Grupo Cornelio Brennand.

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