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New Jobs? Wood Biomass Pellet Plant Planned For Just Outside Century
February 18, 2013
A wood biomass pellet manufacturing facility that is expected to employ about two dozen people once operational is being planned for just outside Century, NorthEscambia.com has learned.
Escambia County will consider the issuance of $53 million in industrial development bonds for the endeavor known as the “Century Wood Pellet Project”. North Florida Biomass Fuels, LLC will use the $53 million, if approved, to finance the design, construction and equipping of the solid waste disposal and wood biomass pellet manufacturing facility on a 25 acre site at 600 Tedder Road, just west of the Century Correctional Institution.
The property is currently owned by the Town of Century but is outside the town limits. Local officials have not released any other information about the planned project as negotiations continue.
The conduit bond issue will not obligate the credit of the county or pose any obligation, risk, or liability for Escambia County.
In general, wood biomass pellets are a form of fuel, made from compacted sawdust or other waste byproducts from sawmills and the manufacture of other wood products. Tree tops and branches leftover from logging can also be used to create the pellets.
Pictured top: This map highlights the planned 25 acre location of a wood pellet manufacturing facility just outside Century. NorthEscambia.com graphic, click to enlarge.
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14 Responses to “New Jobs? Wood Biomass Pellet Plant Planned For Just Outside Century”
This is happening in Hazlehurst, GA as well. I have researched all over the internet. Just type in Biomass for Waycross, Soperton, Camilla, Telfair, Appling. Plants are jumping up all over through these Industrial Revenue Bonds. Google John Colquit, Savannah, GA & Harold Arnold, Richmond Hill, GA. They have multiple LLC companies. All finished products are going to Europe. They are promising so many jobs for so much land and money. The plant in Soperton, GA Truetlen County was sold on the door steps of the courthouse and one of the main investors, VInod Khosla, who is a billionaire bought the company at auction pennies on the dollar. I have a facebook page that some of these articles are share on, Jeff Davis Concerned Taxpayers.
I can’t seem to find any information on this company called “North Florida Biomass” yet the County is floating a $53M bond to fund the construction of a plant! They claim to create 24 jobs once the plant it operational.
Ummm, does this math make sense to anyone out there?!
Be careful what you wish for as plants like these with unfair government subsidies can run other wood using industry elsewhere. Imagine losing a papermill in Brewton or Pensacola to a lower value pellet plant. Imagine lower prices for wood to landowners with reduced competition. There is not enough wood around for many more plants in this area.
Wow. $2,208,333 per job? I wish Century the best, but this seems a bit, hmm, well, “excessive?”
Century already has a run down delapataed plat on Front street why not use that I’m sure you could find 12 people to employee in the city. less gas/time to travel back and forth. wouldnt hurt the city any!!!!!
Mayor McCall don’t let the downtown boys and girls, beat Century out of the lions share of the revenues
I remember when Benz built their plant in Tuscaloosa years ago, about 18 miles outside the town limits. Tuscaloosa annexed the acerage all the way out to the plant.
I guess it is now second only to Los Angles in size..
Good luck to all job applicants. I wonder if youi can burn bio mass in a chimenea and how much it cost a pound, what it smells like as it burns?
I was under the impression that pellets should be made from “hardwood” to prevent the buildup of creosote and tar that pine products are famous for because of the sap. Since pine is the most prevalent tree industry locally, the pellets are probably made from pine products and if so is there a process to remove the harmful sap?
There is a plant like this operating in Cottonwood FL. I know it ships pellets to Northern Europe where power companies use them to meet their stricter environmental quotas. You might, check out Green Circle which is the Swedish company that owns this plant.
All in favor of new jobs. Just hope it doesn’t suffer the same fate as the helicopter plant, alleged catfish plant, alleged wood tie plant and so on.
I hate to be pessimistic but I’ve read this book before, ironically it revolved around selling wood products as well. I hope the due diligence and oversight is better on this “plan” for an industrial revival for Century than the schemes of the past.
I hope I’m wrong but it’s just got that smell to it.
$53 million for 24 Jobs? WOW.
More jods are good and easier access of bio mass for the public will help.But you can get your own Pelletizer setup for home use.You can make pellets from almost anything that will burn,wood,sticks,leaves,cardboard boxes,news papers,junk mail etc etc.You can then run heaters or gasifires to run genarators,tractors,or trucks and cars .No need for gas anymore,farmers should be doing this.FEMA even put out a free booklet on how to easy convert farm tractor engine to run on the pellets,so we can still eat if the diesel fuel supply is ever disrupted.Most cars in Europe ran on wood gas in WWII all the fuel went to the war effort .Most preppers already know this.
Be careful Century…you dont need another scam over there
Whatever brings new jobs into Escambia County is probably good. Seems Century is doing a better job than the county commissioners or Pensacola in this respect.