DG Fuels to Build 193-Million-Gal/Year SAF Facility in Minnesota by 2030
Biofuels producer DG Fuels plans to turn corn stover and wood waste into 193 million gal/year of sustainable aviation fuel at a facility in Minnesota by 2030, the Washington, D.C.-based company said last week.
DGF’s plan represents “the most significant commitment towards commercial scale SAF production in [Minnesota],” according to a Monday news release from Greater MSP, a public-private partnership that supports economic growth in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Greater MSP also leads the effort to build the Minnesota SAF Hub, a self-reliant SAF supply chain in the region.
DGF said it will cost about $5 billion to build the plant, which will be in Moorhead, about 230 miles northwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul, on the state’s border with North Dakota. Greater MSP said the plant’s projected output represents almost half of the fuel used at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where “current demand for SAF . . . outstrips supply.”
The Minnesota SAF Hub’s so-called anchor members include Georgia-based Delta Air Lines, St. Paul-based water treatment technology company Ecolab, Minneapolis-based electric utility and natural gas delivery company Xcel Energy, North Carolina-based Bank of America and New York-based consulting firm McKinsey and Company.
The coalition aims to attract SAF producers to the region with its “abundant and diverse feedstocks, clean electricity, mature rail networks and strong state support,” Greater MSP said.
In early September, Kansas-based fuel producer Flint Hills Resources said it would partner with Delta to develop a 30-million-gal/year SAF blending facility in Rosemount, Minn., which will send fuel to MSP International, where Delta operates its second largest hub. That project is scheduled for completion by
the end of 2025.
Later that month, Delta flew a commercial jet from MSP International to New York using SAF made from the winter oilseed crop camelina. Indianapolis-based refiner Calumet refined the feedstock at its Montana Renewables plant.
Reporting by Aaron Alford, aalford@opisnet.com
Editing by Jordan Godwin, jgodwin@opisnet.com
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