Elevance eyes chicken plane fuel
Pigs might not fly, but chickens could.
Illinois, US-based Elevance Renewable Sciences plans to build a $15 million (€10.5 million) that will use plant oils and poultry fat to create jet fuel.
The project, funded in part by $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, could get the final go-ahead by late January.
Construction of the plant would create up to 50 jobs, and seven or so permanent positions would be needed to run the biorefinery.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, US poultry industry produces about 1.4 billion pounds of poultry fat every year.
Using Elevance's technology, that fat could produce about 250 million gallons of products including diesel fuel, jet fuel and specialty chemicals that can replace petroleum products. A biofuels processor needs the fat from about 50 chickens to make one gallon of fuel.
The Department of Energy's investment in the planned plant is part of up to $565 million in stimulus money to projects in 15 states aimed at expanding the
commercial-scale biomass industry.
Illinois, US-based Elevance Renewable Sciences plans to build a $15 million (€10.5 million) that will use plant oils and poultry fat to create jet fuel.
The project, funded in part by $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, could get the final go-ahead by late January.
Construction of the plant would create up to 50 jobs, and seven or so permanent positions would be needed to run the biorefinery.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, US poultry industry produces about 1.4 billion pounds of poultry fat every year.
Using Elevance's technology, that fat could produce about 250 million gallons of products including diesel fuel, jet fuel and specialty chemicals that can replace petroleum products. A biofuels processor needs the fat from about 50 chickens to make one gallon of fuel.
The Department of Energy's investment in the planned plant is part of up to $565 million in stimulus money to projects in 15 states aimed at expanding the
commercial-scale biomass industry.
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