JEANERETTE, La. - New construction is set to begin in June on a $70M renewable fuel plant here that will convert sugar cane bagasse into fuel pellets.
The facility was set to begin operations in late 2022 or early 2023, but supply chain issues and interest rate spikes disrupted those plans, Delta Biofuel CEO Philip Keating said.
The 16-acre Jeanerette plant site is located off U.S. 90 near the Enterprise Sugar Mill and would create 340,000 metric tons of fuel pellets per year.
The project, expected to create 126 jobs, should start up about a year after construction begins, Keating said.
Bagasse is the waste product left after sugarcane is crushed.
Delta Biofuel will harvest bagasse from sugar mills in Iberia, St. Mary and St. Martin parishes. The pellets will be used by European power plants that are transitioning away from fossil fuels. (The Advocate 05/25/23)
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