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The power of flight is a testament to human ingenuity and progress

Air-traffic map of a particularly busy day in May 2019, with 162,637 takeoffs recorded

100,000 flights fly every day uniting people and places

BUT DO YOU KNOW THE PRICE WE PAY?

900 million tonnes of CO2 is emitted annually by the aviation industry

It would take France 3 years to create an equivalent carbon footprint

"The increases in traffic has historically outpaced the improvements in technology"

- Dr. John Broderick

THE SAF REVOLUTION

A beacon of hope in the storm of climate change

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a cleaner alternative to conventional jet fuel made using renewable or waste-based feedstocks

The power of Jatropha curcas

Jatropha-based jet biofuel has

60% lesser

greenhouse gases

Higher

heat of combustion

And Better

specific fuel consumption

as compared to conventional jet-fuel

Switching entirely to SAF brings us

65%

closer to

achieving NET-ZERO EMISSIONS

by 2050

BUT

this would require a production capacity

of 450bn

litres of SAF in the year 2050

HOWEVER

in the year 2022, production

capacity stood at

300mn

litres of SAF

SYN-BIO REVOLUTION

We are harnessing the prowess of synthetic-biology to mass-produce SAF and revolutionize the aviation sector

Our chassis, Yarrowia lipolytica is an oleaginous yeast known for its ability to accumulate large amounts of lipids

Drawing inspiration from Jatropha-based biofuel and exploiting the lipid accumulating ability of Yarrowia lipolytica, we came up with our novel project, JETROECO

We introduce thioesterases (JcFATA and JcFATB) from Jatropha curcas into our chassis Y. lipolytica to try and emulate a fatty acid profile similar to that of Jatropha curcas. We also introduce a photodecarboxylase (CvFAP) from Chlorella variablis in our chassis to convert the produced fatty acids into hydrocarbons in the presence of blue light