Attis to build its first commercial biorefinery in Georgia
Type of post: NEWS.
Two months ago, the Blog reported that Attis Industries approved several potential
sites for the construction of biorefineries in USA (see “Attis
preselects six potential sites in USA for its biorefining facilities”, 25/5/2018).
Now, the company has just announced the execution of two letters of intent related
to its first commercial-scale biorefinery:
(1) With the city of Barnesville to purchase a
32-acre property (see press
release, 16/7/2018);
(2) With Jordan Forest Products, LLC (“Jordan”)
to provide feedstock procurement services (see press
release, 17/7/2018). Jordan is a division of Jordan Lumber & Supply Inc., one of
the largest privately owned lumber companies in the USA.
Location
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Barnesville
(Georgia, USA).
It will
be built on an adjacent property to Jordan’s sawmill operations in
Barnesville.
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Feedstock
and processing capacity
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200 dry
tons per day of woody biomass.
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Products
and production capacity
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- 30,000
tons per year of pulp for sale into conventional pulp and paper markets and
as a feedstock for renewable fuel production.
- 20,000
tons per year of melt flowable form of lignin, ideal candidate for use in
various plastics applications.
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Annual
revenue
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Roughly, 35
M$.
|
Employment
impact
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40 direct
jobs.
Plans to
increase to over 100 jobs within two years.
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Figure 1. Attis will build its first commercial
biorefinery in Barnesville (Georgia, USA)
According to Attis, the yield and quality of
the lignin polymer extracted surpasses all known commercial biomass processing
capabilities and allows it to generate about 50% more revenue per ton of
biomass processed than other technologies. The new plant will also include
finished manufacturing for selected products.
The company selected Barnesville after
evaluating many factors (among them, feedstock availability, proximity to
finished product markets and economic incentives). Barnesville is centrally
located in Georgia with ready access to road and rail distribution, as well as
to strategic ports in Savannah and Brunswick and to the major international
airport in Atlanta. The site is also closely situated to four colleges, each of
which have an array of relevant technical programs producing talent for
internships, recruitment and technology development.
Attis remains in conversations with previously
announced states for additional facilities that contribute to execute its
vision to build more than fifty biorefineries across the United States over the
next ten years.
