West Baton Rouge in line for new $800M "Clean Energy" facility

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Clean energy startup considering West Baton Rouge for $800M facility

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Houston-based Arbor Renewable Gas LLC is evaluating West Baton Rouge Parish for a planned $800 million manufacturing and distribution facility employing carbon capture and sequestration emissions-reduction technology, according to Louisiana Economic Development.

Arbor Renewable Gas produces renewable gasoline and green hydrogen from wood waste and forest residue. Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations.

The project would create 32 new direct jobs with average annual salaries of $99,000, plus benefits. The company also estimates development of the facility would generate up to 880 construction jobs at its peak.

The company would locate its greenfield facility at the Port Allen Rail Terminal, which offers railroad and highway access and proximity to timber operations. Magnolia plans to source southern yellow pine pre-commercial thinnings, a byproduct of routine forest management operations. Arbor Gas recently announced a similar project in Beaumont, Texas.

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