Sunoco Fulton Ethanol gets $700,000 grant to fund move into barley malting for craft beer

December 21, 2015 |

In New York state, Sunoco Fulton Ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, N.Y. has received a Central New York Regional Economic Development Grant in the amount of $700,000 as part of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $1.5 Billion Upstate Revitalization Initiative announced December 10. The REDC grant, strongly supported by State Senator Patty Ritchie of the 48th Senate District and State Assemblyman Will Barclay of Assembly District 120, will be used to help fund a new $9.1 million barley malting facility that will be integral to the growth of the state’s craft beer industry.

The malting facility will be built within the confines of the Sunoco Ethanol Plant, and is part of the rejuvenation of the former Miller Brewing Company site that closed in 1994. The malting facility, slated to begin construction in the next 90 days, will be able to produce approximately 2,000 total tons of high-quality malt annually — establishing it as the largest malting facility in the eastern United States. The facility will involve 150 to 200 contractors during construction, and its operations will support New York State barley farmers and create five to eight full-time jobs at the plant.

Category: Fuels

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