Tyson to build S126M plant Facility will produce biodiesel from chicken fat Mike aston and Bob Mosor hastens bosertheadrerte com BATON ROUGE — Tyson Foods is expected "to announce today that it will Daild a $125 million biodiese! plant in Louisiana, produ: ‘ng fuel from chicken fat. The meat processing com pany Is expanding its pret ence in the state to include the biodiesel operation, sald Don Pierson, assistant secre tary of Louisiana Beonomic Development, but ‘Tyson wouldn't aliow him’ to announce the site for the Plant yet Ts @ good news story Pierson said. "t ean conflem that its @ Louisiana project Dut Tyson asked me to hold off on the specific location, 1 an release It (Wednesday), ‘More commonly made from soybean ‘ll, biodiese] ‘ean mix at any amount with potrovdiesel, and’ unlike ethanol engines, need few oF no modifications to burn it Biodiesel ean be transported in pipes while ethanol can't, and has 52 units of energy for every one unit used t0 make it ts also the only biofuel ‘currently made in Louisiana, Allegro Biodiesel will pro ‘duce about 4 million gallons fom soybean ollata plant in Pollock this year But produc tion ‘there has. slowed, as, have plans for two other biodiesel plants near New Orleans, mostly because soy bean pricos have skyrocketed this year from growing food demand, and the crops acreage being overtaken by corn for ethanol, Today, about 90 percent of all biodiesel fuel stock is soy bean oil, but that's likely to change. As the largest meat processing company in the ‘world, Tyson has 23 bilion pounds of fatto use as feed stock, and is pushing the Bio fuels industry to explore use of cheap animal fats AS more moat companies contribute their fat to the fuel cause, it will increase the national biodiesel supply and lower cost to consumers. Plorson said the ‘Tyson biodiesel plant will supply 43 Permanent jobs with an annual payroll of $4 million Construction is rumored to be near a deepwater port. Jeff Webster, senior viee Soe PLANT on Page 38| Continue om Page 18 Plant president of renewable prod: iets at Tyson, sald “its a brownfield site with ina chemical refining complex ‘overall,” acconting to a story ‘on cleantech com, a Web site for the Cleantech Network LLC, which promotes using technology for more environ rentally Biendly business, During the legislative ses sion in May, Baton Rouge law makers sought funds to pre Dare two sites near the Port of Baton Rouge for ethanol or biodiesel plant locations. ‘One ethanol plant Is permit ted near the Baton Rouge port. The five deepwater ports in Louisiana are in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, LaPlace and Braithwaite ‘Officials at the ake Charles and Baton Rouge poris were the only onos reached Tuesday night who'd say they knew of no Diodesel plant ‘Tyson announced in June ‘that it would Build is first iesel in Louisiana Vist www.thesdvrtisor scom/ethanol ove a irtoractive map of Lous, Sarl you mouse ovr brown dots ofthe map te or maton on pled bedese! Dian aound the state biodiesel plant alongwith Syntroleum, Tulsa, Okla, ‘company. spocializing’in syn’ thetic and renewable fuels. ‘The company said then that itexpected the plant to produce about 7% million gallons per year of renewable. synthetic {uol fom 74 million gallons per year of feedstock heginning in ‘2010. Construction of the fac ity was expected to start in 20 Tyson and_Syntroleum's joint venture, ealed Dynamic Fuels LLC, was formed to pro- duce synthetic fuels targeting the renewable dese, Jet, and military fuel markets Inthe company’s announce ‘ment, it cited Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport as a. possible major” customer, Sineo the B52 has been retro. fed to runon biodiesel,Geismar | Bob Moser tosertenderiseroom he new ioe plant in Louisiana backed by Tyson Foods wil be it in Gelanar where a package of tate and Ascension Parish tax nen tives were Ioered to bet @ Competing oer in Tas for |, tie $125 milion jet. UouisanaBronomie Development publicized, the plant’ site late: Wednestay ilernoon ater news that Louisiana got the plant was ‘ade public on Tuesday: The plant will employ 45 people with a payroll of $4 milion, LED says, ‘Dynamic Fuels joint ven site for Tyson plant ture between ‘Tyson and Oldahoma-based Syntroleum Corp, chose Lion Capolynaet’s Geistier plant for its access to rail and barge transportation, But the most Important attrac tion was a hydrogen Tine con nected tothe property. “They “havea” unique method of processing (bio diesel) that uses hydrogen, sald Kelsey Short, director of agriculture, forestry and fod ndustries for Lowisiana Beonomie Development. ers pg. 1B, 11/1507 oO Goto theadvertisezcom/ cise! fneres eter in opera ‘ethanol to ew an iterastne tonor ben planned. Seal map of Lousiana, Brown dots your mouse oer the dot oat ‘on this map signtyrew be-_nformation on each refinery. ing vehicles that Construction of the 78 mil- diese bu tion gallon-peryear plant is runonit expected fo start in 2008, with Go. Kathleen Blanco production targeted for 2010, signed a state renewable fuels Biodiesel could be mixed itoa usage mandate in 2006 that petro-diesel supply at any would require a2 percent mix amount, without harming See 1508 on Page 28,