Jet fuel from biomass project receives Department of Defense funding

U.S.-based Fulcrum Energy, which works in the waste-to-biofuels sector, will use a new grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to develop renewable drop-in biofuels for aircraft.
The DoD awarded Fulcrum US$4.7 million toward the research, and Fulcrum will potentially match the amount from its own capital to help complete the development of its first municipal solid waste (MSW) to jet fuel plant.
Fulcrum claims to have recently completed a demonstration of its drop-in fuel process using a plant in North Carolina.
“Fuel diversity adds an integral component to our business plan,” E. James Macias, Fulcrum’s president, was quoted as saying. “Our process is now capable of producing jet fuel, diesel and ethanol from residential garbage that would otherwise be landfilled.”
The plant will be located where Fulcrum states they have secured long-term, fixed MSW contracts.
(May 30, 2013)