Fulcrum to Develop Aviation Biofuels from Waste with DoD Grant

Pleasanton, California based waste to biofuel specialist, Fulcrum BioEnergy, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop renewable ‘drop in’ aviation biofuels. The company said that it had also recently demonstrated a process to convert of municipal solid waste (MSW) into jet fuel and diesel, diversifying its product range, and complementing its previously demonstrated MSW to ethanol process. According to Fulcrum it completed the demonstration of its drop-in fuel process using a fully-integrated process demonstration plant in Durham, North Carolina, which includes the same MSW sorting, gasification and fuel production systems that will be utilised at its commercial plants. The DoD awarded the company some $4.7 million, which it said it will match with $4.7 million of its own capital to provide the funding to complete the engineering and development of its first MSW to jet fuel plant. The company claimed that once complete the plant will produce jet fuel at a lower cost to the military, and with lower carbon emissions than petroleum jet fuel. The plant will be located at one of the U.S. locations where Fulcrum said that it has secured MSW under long-term, fixed, zero-cost feedstock contracts, which will also relieve pressure at landfill sites. “Fuel diversity adds an integral component to our innovative business plan, creating a platform to offer customers the product they want, in the market they want,” commented E. James Macias, Fulcrum’s president and chief executive officer. “Our process is now capable of producing jet fuel, diesel and ethanol from residential garbage that would otherwise be landfilled,” he added. Read More Free Webcast: Commercial Scale Biofuel from Waste Projects Solena Fuels, Enerkem and NNFCC share their experience in developing advanced biofuel projects that use waste as a feedstock for renewable aviation and transport fuels... Fulcrum Secures $175 for Waste to Fuel Gasification Project Fulcrum BioEnergy has secured commitments and is proceeding toward closing financings totalling $175 million to fund construction of its first waste to biofuels facility. Cancelling 24 MW Waste to Energy Plant Could Cost Norfolk £90m Terminating its contract with Cory Wheelabrator to develop a 24 MW waste to energy facility in Kings Lynn could cost Norfolk County.