THE COUNTY • August 30, 2023
A Presque Isle firm will design and lead construction on a Louisiana company’s $100 million renewable fuel plant. Delta Biofuel of Jeanerette, Louisiana, has chosen Player Design Inc. to help engineer and supply a facility that will turn sugarcane residue — called bagasse — into fuel pellets that will be used to produce electricity. The Louisiana plant is expected to be the first in North America to use bagasse to create this type of fuel for industry. When complete, Delta’s plant will turn out an estimated 340,000 metric tons of bagasse pellets a year. Maine’s four wood pellet plants produce about 232,000 tons annually.