Canada’s Atlantec BioEnergy switches focus to Nova Scotia for sugar beet ethanol plant

In Canada, Atlantec BioEnergy said it would pursue re-development of a former railcar manufacturing facility in Nova Scotia for its proposed 3.4 Mgy sugar beet ethanol plant. The company previously had pursued a facility in Prince Edward Island. The company has subsequently been conducting test production of sugar beets on 200 hectares of land in Nova Scotia.

In March, the provincial government on Prince Edward Island announced a biofuels moratorium for several months while awaiting a report on sustainability. Atlantec BioEnergy, which intended to commence production at a sugar beet-based ethanol plant this summer, has been delayed by the annoucnement. The company said that it would have to make a decision this week whether to proceed with planting more than 5,000 acres for sugar beet feedstock, or to move its project to a new location.

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