The Port of Columbia, home to the Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF) has been awarded a US$1 million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FEMA grant through the Port Security Grant Program (PSGP).
The grant was awarded for the port tofurther its biofuels development.
“This funding commitment from DHS and FEMA recognises our deeply carbon negative footprint LGF project as a key contributor to our country’s energy transition and worthy of federal investment into its security,” said Dr Paul Schubert, CEO of Strategic Biofuels, which is the project developer.
Once completed, the Louisiana Green Fuels Plant is expected to produce approximately 33 million gallons of renewable fuels
“The Columbia Port Commission’s leaders have been strong advocates for us from the beginning and have been exceptionally effective in securing state and federal funds that enhance the Port’s infrastructure and support our project.”
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The PSGP is part of a series of grant programs created by the US Congress and implemented by DHS to help strengthen defenses around the nation’s critical infrastructure.
Port of Columbia’s grant was the largest award to the 15 Louisiana recipients and was in the top 8% of all awards granted. Notably, it was greater than the grants to the Port of New Orleans, the Port of Baton Rouge and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The plant and its accompanying Class VI Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Wells will produceabout 88% renewable diesel and 12% renewable naphtha. Both renewable fuels are ‘drop-in fuels’ that are chemically identical to fossil-derived diesel and naphtha.
Once completed, the Louisiana Green Fuels Plant is expected to produce approximately 33 million gallons of renewable fuels. The aim is for the plant to be operational in late 2025 or early 2026.
The project is the first of a series of projects by Strategic Biofuels to produce renewable diesel fuel from Renewable Fuel Standard compliant forestry waste which will produce all its own green power from sawmill and forestry waste materials.
