In Florida, Gov Charlie Crist has given his backing toa plan for a proposed commercial scale ethanol plant that would potentially be operated by Coskata on US Sugar land that the company said it would sell to the State of Florida.
The 100 Mgy cellulosic plant envisioned by Coskata would utilize sugarcane waste and other agricultural residue from US Sugar and other ag producers in the area surrounding Clewiston. The project is expected to cost $400 million and would be the first commercial scale cellulosic plant. Coskata executives said only that they had been in discussions with US Sugar and expected to continue them.
The news comes as the state has indicated it will not close the US Sugar acquisition in November as originally announced; credited for the delay are state Water Board approval and the slow process of appraising the open-market value of the land, rail and facility assets in the 187,000 acre complex. . Most of the land is targeted for Florida Everglades restoration.
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