An Orlando company wants to build a $30 million bio-fuels plant near Jay, but the Santa Rosa County Commission wants more information before revenue bonds are issued in their name.
The Integrated Energy Partners, Inc. facility near Jay would use agricultural products to create biodiesel fuel, kerosene, propane and electricity. The plant would provide about 30 jobs and eventually employee about 50 people in five years.
Santa Rosa County would not be financially responsible for the bonds, but would issue them on behalf of the energy company. Since the county’s name would be used obtain financing for the company. Commissioner Chairman Gordon Goodwin he wanted more information before making a decision about a project using the county’s name. A principal in Integrated Energy Partners, Rodney Higgins, said he should be able to provide that information to the commission by a workshop meeting on August 9.
According to documentation provided by Integrated Energy Partners, the company would use seeds from the Camelina plant in the winter and other traditional year-round crops, including cotton seed, to produce their biofuels. In addition, municipal and other waste products would be used as fuel.
The company said it has secured purchase agreements with farmers involving about 10,000 acres in the Florida Panhandle and has an “in principle” agreement with a municipality for their waste.
At startup, the company plans to have a 5-12 megawatt electricity generation capacity. They would be able to produce, according to documents provided to the commission, a yearly output of 3 million gallons of biodiesel, 9 million gallons of kerosene, 353 thousand gallons of cellulosic alcohol, 437 thousand gallons of propane and 47.8 MWH of electricity.
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