Red Rock supplies biofuel to military

Colorado-based Red Rock Biofuels will supply biofuel to Southwest Airlines and to the military starting in 2016.

The airline has agreed to buy three million gallons of low-carbon jet fuel per year from advanced renewable provider Red Rock Biofuels. The fuel will be manufactured at a plant, soon to be constructed, in Lakeview, Oregon, US.

The $200 million plant will convert woody biomass — bark, saw dust, tree branches and needles from a local sawmill — into jet, diesel and naphtha fuels.

Approximately half of the production will go to the military, and the other half will go to Southwest