NATCHEZ, Miss. - An engineering change has delayed the start of construction date of the Velosys bio-refinery plant in here, the project is still going forward, according to Chandler Russ, executive director of Natchez Inc., the area’s economic development agency.
Velosys announced plans to construct/operate a plant here using new technology to make jet fuel using woody biomass, which is waste from the paper and lumber industries.
The company has decided to switch from solar to biopower at the facility.
Velosys plans plans to begin site work now that Natchez Inc., City of Natchez and Adams County have secured $5.4M in state and federal funding to complete a levee around the site to protect it from Mississippi River flooding.
Two-thirds of the levee work has been done. (Natchez Democrat 07/28/23)
Background: Biopower technologies convert renewable biomass fuels into heat and electricity using processes similar to those used with fossil fuels. There are three ways to release the energy stored in biomass to produce biopower: Burning, bacterial decay and conversion to gas/liquid fuel.
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