One of the world’s largest renewable biofuels production facilities announced

Woodland Biofuels has announced a planned $1.35 billion (€1.21 billion) investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish one of the world’s largest renewable biofuels production facilities.
The Toronto-based company will utilise waste biomass to produce sustainable biofuel used in transportation, heating and electricity generation.
“Woodlands Biofuels is set to become a signature part of Louisiana and GNO’s ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy,” Greater New Orleans, Inc President and CEO Michael Hecht said. “$1.3 billion plus 110 new jobs plus renewable natural gas and hydrogen is a winning formula for everyone. Congratulations to the Port of South Louisiana; GNO, Inc. is glad to have been a partner for this exciting project.”
The new facility, to be located at the Globalplex multimodal facility at the Port of South Louisiana, will include the largest renewable natural gas production plant in the world, according to the company.
It expects to permanently remove hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually and store it safely underground at a carbon sequestration site to be determined at a later date.
“Woodland is thrilled to announce that we plan to build, right here at the Port of South Louisiana, the world’s largest carbon-negative RNG facility,” Woodland Biofuels CEO Greg Nuttall said. “Our sustainable biofuel plant will be an economic driver for St John Parish and beyond. We look forward to establishing deep ties with the local community and drawing on the existing world-class workforce and utilizing Louisiana’s exceptional infrastructure to execute on our project.”
A front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the site is anticipated to be finalised by the second quarter of 2025, with a final investment decision expected by the end of next year. Commercial operations for the first phase of the project – the renewable natural gas production plant – are projected to start in 2028.