Duckweed USA investing $4 million in Georgia biodiesel facility

In Georgia, Duckweed USA is investing $4 million in a biodiesel facility that will produce fuel from duckweed grown at the wastewater treatment plant in Sparta. Equipment is set to arrive on site in the next 45 days with production to begin this summer. The first phase of the project will create 15 jobs but the project’s proponents believe that could expand to as many as 300 low-skilled jobs within the next five years, welcome news to an area suffering from economic challenges.