Enerkem’s application is one of the four that have been selected in the larger demonstration scale project category of the Recovery Act – Demonstration of Integrated Biorefinery Operations Programme.
Enerkem will build and operate the 300 ton-per-day biorefinery in Mississippi, which will produce 10 million gallons of ethanol annually, as well as green chemicals, from sorted municipal solid waste and wood residues and will reduce the pressure to landfill.
Since the announcement of its Mississippi project last March, the company has made progress on environmental permitting process and has further developed the project with its local partners, the Three Rivers Planning and Development District and the Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority. The company also intends to double the size of its Mississippi biorefinery plant by adding a second module, bringing the total production capacity to 20 million gallons.
Vincent Chornet, president and CEO of Enerkem, said: “Enerkem’s Mississippi waste-to-biofuels project is a model of high energy, economic, and environmental performance, which we intend to reproduce throughout the US.”
