Blue Biofuels leases 167 additional acres for king grass feedstock production

In Florida, Blue Biofuels has leased an additional 167 acres of farmland in southwest Florida on which it intends to grow king grass for the production of bioethanol and sustainable aviation fuel through its patented Cellulose-to-Sugar (CTS) process. This acquisition brings the total amount of land up to 182 acres. This land increase is a necessary step to provide sufficient feedstock for the next step up in capacity after the recent success of the pilot line.

The land should provide sufficient feedstock to create around 500,000 gallons of ethanol per year. It will further be used to optimize the planting, growing, and harvesting of large volumes of king grass on the way forward to commercial production. In commercial production, Blue Biofuels expects to reduce carbon emissions by over 80% as compared to fossil fuels.