Virent’s New Pilot Plant Produces Renewable Jet Fuel

“Virent Inc. has shipped bio-based jet fuel to a military research lab for testing from a new demonstration plant it has opened in Madison.

The delivery of 100 gallon of the jet fuel to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory marks another step in the Madison renewable energy firm’s quest to produce renewable fuels at a commercial scale.

Virent commissioned its new demonstration plant in January, under a $1.5 million grant it received from the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation.”

Read more at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.