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BlueFire gets go-ahead for biowaste ethanol plant
L.A. County approves plan for biowaste ethanol plant and awards permit to Irvine’s BlueFire Ethanol Fuels.
Irvine-based BlueFire Ethanol Fuels has been awarded a conditional use permit from the county of Los Angeles authorizes the construction of the nation’s first ethanol plant that will convert biowaste into ethanol.
The first commercial facility will be constructed no 10 acres in Lancaster with an expected completion date in late 2009.
“We are thrilled to receive this permit,” said Arnold Klann, president and CEO of BlueFire Ethanol, “and we see this construction of our first cellulosic ethanol the United States plant as a catalyst for the advancement of cellulosic fuel production throughout our nation.”
The new facility will use BlueFire’s commercially-ready, patented and proven Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis Technology Process. This will allow the profitable conversion of cellulosic waste ("Green Waste") into as much as 3.2 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year. Derived from non-foodstock urban, forestry and agricultural residues, this form of ethanol is a completely renewable and highly-economical alternative to gasoline and other types of ethanol.
BlueFire Ethanol selected the Lancaster location because an estimated 170 tons of biowaste material, including woodchips, grass cuttings and other organic waste, already passes by the property every day.
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Irvine-based BlueFire Ethanol Fuels has been awarded a conditional use permit from the county of Los Angeles authorizes the construction of the nation’s first ethanol plant that will convert biowaste into ethanol. The first commercial facility will be constructed no 10 acres in Lancaster with an expected completion date in late 2009. “We are thrilled to receive this permit,” said Arnold Klann, president and CEO of BlueFire Ethanol, “and we see this construction of our first cellulosic ethanol the United States plant as a catalyst for the advancement of cellulosic fuel production throughout our nation.” The new facility will use BlueFire’s commercially-ready, patented and proven Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis Technology Process. This will allow the profitable conversion of cellulosic waste ("Green Waste") into as much as 3.2 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year. Derived from non-foodstock urban, forestry and agricultural residues, this form of ethanol is a completely renewable and highly-economical alternative to gasoline and other types of ethanol. BlueFire Ethanol selected the Lancaster location because an estimated 170 tons of biowaste material, including woodchips, grass cuttings and other organic waste, already passes by the property every day. |
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