19 biorefinery plants to be built in 15 states

19 biorefinery plants to be built in 15 states

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday it will spend $564 million to speed up construction of 19 biorefineries that will turn agriculture and forest waste into diesel fuel. The list of projects:

— Algenol Biofuels Inc., Freeport, Texas.

— American Process Inc., Alpena, Mich.

— Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., Emeryville, Calif.

— Archer Daniels Midland, Decatur, Ill.

— Bluefire LLC, Fulton, Miss.

— BioEnergy International LLC, Lake Providence, La.

— Clearfuels Technology Inc., Commerce City, Colo.

— Elevance Renewable Sciences, Newton, Iowa.

— Enerkem Corp., Pontotoc, Miss.

— Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, Ill.

— Haldor Topsoe Inc., Des Plaines, Ill.

— ICM Inc., St. Joseph, Mo.

— INEOS New Planet BioEnergy LLC, Vero Beach, Fla.

— Logos Technologies, Visalia, Calif.

— Renewable Energy Institute International, Toledo, Ohio.

— Sapphire Energy Inc., Columbus, N.M.

— Solazyme Inc., Riverside, Pa.

— UOP LLC, Kapolei, Hawaii.

— ZeaChem Inc., Boardman, Ore.