Tyson Foods is backing a biofuel project that could turn tons of chicken fat into fuel.
The Louisiana Economic Development organization announced this project last week. The fat-to-fuel project will cost $126 million. Dynamic Fuels, a joint venture between Tyson and Syntroleum Corporation, will build and operate the facility in Geismar, near Baton Rouge.
With a capacity for 75 million gallons per year, the estimated operation of the plant is scheduled for 2010.
The move has been innovated because there is an increasing interest in biofuels, as the price of oil skyrockets. The state of Louisiana developed a mandate last year requiring that a 2 percent mix of local biodiesel or ethanol be added to the state's fuel supply beginning six months after state producers pass the 15 million-gallon mark, according to The Daily Advertiser, based in Lafayette.
The plant will be close to the Barksdale Air Force, whose B-52s may one day be powered by biofuel, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The Department of Defense will buy 500 gallons of renewable fuels made from animal fats for testing, the publication said.
Also the fact that chicken fat is cheaper than soybean oil, which has risen in price as demand for soybeans grows, could help us a lot to bring this project to a good end.
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Nowadays everybody fears the fast increasing oil prices. Because of the 'monster'-prices, our common expenses also become more expensive. It makes our lives more expensive in general. But this initiative could turn the tide. Go, alternative energy, go !
Nils De Groote
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