Fulcrum to build its second waste-to-fuels plant in Indiana
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
The end of 2018 was full of announcements. Thus,
the Blog will begin the year by catching up with some interesting news in brief
of the last month. The first of them is coming from USA. It is well known that Fulcrum
BioEnergy is building a commercial-scale waste-to-fuels plant (Fulcrum Sierra
BioFuels) near Reno (Nevada). It is expected that the operations begins in
early 2020. Now, the company has announced its second project in the country.
Press release: “Fulcrum
targets Northwest Indiana for the location of its next waste-to-fuel plant”,
13/12/2018.
Related posts:
- “Abengoa
to start the construction of a biorefinery producing biofuels from MSW in
Nevada”, 9/11/2017.
Figure 1. Fulcrum to build its second
waste-to-fuels plant in Indiana
Data available:
Name
|
Centerpoint
BioFuels Plant.
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Location
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Gary (Indiana,
USA).
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Feedstock
|
700,000 tons of municipal solid waste from
the Greater Chicago area.
The waste will be converted offsite into a
prepared feedstock.
|
Products
|
33
million gallons of low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel.
|
Employment
impact
|
160
full-time permanent jobs and 900 construction jobs.
|
Timeline
|
Beginning
of the construction: 2020.
It will
take approximately 18-24 months to complete it.
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