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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Woodland Biofuels Plans Port of South Louisiana Operations

09/20/2024
Woodland Biofuels, Inc., a company that produces carbon negative renewable fuel and hydrogen, plans to establish operations at the Port of South Louisiana. The $1.35 billion project is expected to create 110 jobs.

The new renewable biofuels production facility will utilize waste biomass to produce sustainable biofuel used in transportation, heating and electricity generation. The first phase of operations is scheduled to begin in 2028.

“Woodland is thrilled to announce that we plan to build, right here at the Port of South Louisiana, the world’s largest carbon-negative RNG facility,” Woodland Biofuels CEO Greg Nuttall said. “Our sustainable biofuel plant will be an economic driver for St. John Parish and beyond. We look forward to establishing deep ties with the local community, and drawing on the existing world-class workforce and utilizing Louisiana’s exceptional infrastructure to execute on our project.”

“Woodlands Biofuels is set to become a signature part of Louisiana and GNO’s “all-of-the-above” energy strategy,” Greater New Orleans, Inc President and CEO Michael Hecht said. “$1.3 billion plus 110 new jobs plus renewable natural gas and hydrogen is a winning formula for everyone. Congratulations to the Port of South Louisiana; GNO, Inc. is glad to have been a partner for this exciting project.”

To support the project Louisiana Economic Development (LED) offered Woodland Biofuels an incentives package that includes a $10 million performance-based grant for infrastructure improvements and the comprehensive workforce development solutions of LED FastStart. The company is also expected to participate in the state’s Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.

“With a multigenerational skilled workforce and abundant natural resources, there is no place in the world better positioned to help energy companies grow and thrive,” noted LED Secretary Susan B. Bourgeois. “Woodland Biofuels’ project would bring high-paying jobs to the great people of St. John the Baptist Parish for years to come. The state looks forward to working with the company to bring this project to completion.”

Woodland’s technology uses waste biomass, not food, to generate low cost, carbon negative hydrogen, renewable natural gas, methanol or ethanol resulting in up to a 283% reduction in GHG emissions.

"Port of South Louisiana is the second ranked port in the nation for energy transfer," added Port of South Louisiana CEO Paul Matthews. "This significant investment by Woodland Biofuels to construct the world’s largest carbon negative renewable natural gas plant and a large-scale green hydrogen facility at our Globalplex Intermodal Terminal proves that PortSL and the state of Louisiana are leading the way in diversifying our energy industry, which will result in the creation of hundreds of high-paying jobs for River Region families."

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