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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES UNIT SAFFIRE TO BUILD ETHANOL PLANT IN KANSAS, WILL MANUFACTURE SAS
Sep. 4, 2024
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| Kyleen Scott | | VIPs at the SAFFiRE Renewables Biofuel pilot plant groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 28 in Liberal, Kansas. From left: Kansas Representative Tracy Mann, Kansas Senator Jerry Moran, SAFFiRE CEO Tom Nealon, Conestoga CEO Tom Willis, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor, Federal Aviation Administration Central Region Deputy Regional Administrator, Debra Sanning, U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office Director Valerie Sarisky-Reed and Kansas Senator Roger Marshall. |
by Kyleen Scott, High Plains Journal
SAFFiRE Renewables, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, broke ground on a new pilot plant at Conestoga's Arkalon Energy ethanol facility near Liberal, Kansas, Aug. 28. The new facility will be focused on converting corn stover into ethanol with SAFFiRE's new technology. The large-scale commercialization of cellulosic ethanol can then be converted into sustainable aviation fuel with the alcohol-to-jet pathway.
SAFFiRE Renewables has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, and Conestoga Energy to open a facility designed to turn agriculture residue into a scalable biofuel business. By investing in these technologies, the new facility is expected to create good-paying jobs and enhance education and training opportunities to build the bioenergy workforce providing the local economy with 500 new jobs and $92 million in total economic activity.
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