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ARTICLE
| ENVIRONMENT
Delta partners
with
Northwest
Advanced Bio-
Fuels among
actions toward
more
sustainable
future

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Staff Writer | Jan 30, 2020
10:31am
Building on its $2 million investment for an ongoing feasibility study with Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels (NWABF), Delta has entered
into one of the largest airline offtake agreements of its kind to purchase sustainable aviation fuel, if produced, from NWABF.
The feasibility study, announced in October 2019 and currently underway, is expected to determine the potential for a facility in
Washington state that could supply sustainable aviation fuel for Delta operations in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles
by mid-2020.
In parallel with the study’s goal to produce sustainable aviation fuel for West Coast operations, Delta has signed an offtake
agreement for sustainable aviation fuel that may be produced from the facility, which would reduce lifecycle emissions up to 80
percent compared to that of conventional jet fuel. This complements the airline’s recent offtake agreement with Gevo for biofuel
production in Minnesota, expected to be available between 2022-2023.
“This focused study and long-term agreement will support Delta’s goals to lower our carbon footprint aggressively. Investing in
developing multiple sources of sustainable aviation fuel is one of the many ways we are looking to address climate change,” said
Alison Lathrop, Delta’s Managing Director – Global Environment, Sustainability and Compliance. “Working alongside Northwest
Advanced Bio-Fuels to produce and utilize sustainable aviation fuel could serve as an industry-best-practice-model for future
endeavors.”
“We are very excited to deepen our work with Delta Air Lines and both of our world class teams to improve sustainability,” said Dave
Smoot, Head of Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels. “Our fuel project and agreement will bolster Delta as a key leader in the renewable
sustainable aviation fuel industry.”
IN SUMMARY
This announcement is part of Deltaʼs ongoing
commitment to protecting the planet which, since
2005, has resulted in a 9 percent decrease in
emissions as Delta works toward its long-term goal of
reducing its emissions

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Related Topics: Fuel,Sustainability
The NWABF offtake agreement would anticipate fuel production by the end of 2024 while the advanced planning study will conclude
later this year.
Delta's ongoing sustainability efforts
Since 2005, Delta has reduced its jet fuel consumption, leading to an 9 percent decrease in emissions as Delta works toward its
long-term goal of reducing emissions. Delta is also investing in new, more fuel-efficient aircraft to optimize the use of jet fuel. In
July of 2019, Delta flew the first of 20 carbon-neutral new aircraft delivery flights from the Airbus final assembly line in Mobile,
Ala., utilizing sustainable aviation fuel and carbon offsets in coordination with Airbus and Air BP.
These sustainability efforts have resulted in Delta being awarded the Vision for America Award by Keep America Beautiful in 2017
and the Captain Planet Foundation's Superhero Corporate Award in 2018, as well as being named to the FTSE4Good Index five
consecutive years and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index nine consecutive years.
About NWABF
Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels, LLC, a Delaware-based Company and a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Advanced Bio-Fuels, Inc.
(USABIO) is in the process of developing second generation, commercial scale, cellulosic renewable bio jet fuel refineries with the first
project being developed in the Pacific Northwest. NWABF has assembled a world-class team of industry leading technology
companies for the Project to handle; front-end gasification, syngas cleaning, back-end Fischer-Tropsch technology and fuel upgrading
to premium renewable SAF. NWABF is also deploying experienced world-class engineering and construction companies to design,
construct, operate and maintain the first-of-its-kind facility in the State of Washington.
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