Apr 11 2013
BioNitrogen Corporation, a cleantech company that utilizes proprietary technology to build environmentally-friendly plants that convert biomass into urea fertilizer, announced today that it has begun collection of woody biomass from phosphate mining and non-mining lands to use for urea fertilizer production.
The collected biomass, which would have otherwise been burned or buried, will supply BioNitrogen's first plant in Hardee County, FL. The excess biomass, in the interim pre-construction period, may also be processed and sold as wood chips to the international marketplace in order to generate revenues.
In 2013, BioNitrogen expects to receive at least 30,000 tons of biomass from mining and other sources every two months at the Hardee County plant site.
"It's important that we demonstrate our ability to manage the logistics and processing of large quantities of biomass in this pre-construction phase. We intend to process the wood and either store it or sell it to generate revenue prior to ground breaking and construction of the plant," said Ernie Iznaga, Operations Manager for BioNitrogen.
"We are pleased about yet another important step in BioNitrogen's progress," said Bryan Kornegay, Jr., President and CFO of BioNitrogen. "Most of the trees in rural phosphate mining areas such as Hardee County are burned, so this is also a great opportunity for BioNitrogen to promote sustainability in Florida and a new revenue stream pre-plant production."
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Source: http://www.bionitrogen.com