Glacier FarmMedia – A US$5-billion project close to the Canadian border will manufacture sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using low-value ag by-products and forest waste.
DG Fuels, a U.S.-owned sustainable aviation fuel company (SAF), has chosen Moorhead, Minnesota — about a two-hour drive from the Manitoba border — for its new production facility.
According to a DG Fuels release in early November, the plant will produce 193 million gallons of zero- or low-CO2 lifecycle emissions of SAF every year and will meet American Society for Testing and Materials fuel standards. DG Fuels is expecting to begin production in 2030.
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The manufacturing process uses corn stover and timber waste as its carbon feedstock. It also uses various forms of clean hydrogen feedstock.
“DG Fuels’ baseline process differs from other systems by having little or no environmental emissions either to the atmosphere or waters while at the same time providing significant economic value to the agricultural communities and farmers that we partner with,” wrote Michael C. Darcy, DG Fuels CEO, in a release.
The facility has been dubbed the Minnesota SAF Hub and “is expected to deliver over (US)$50 billion of economic impact across the state over the next 30 years,” the company said.
