Biofuels Power acquires 79-acre power facility in Texas; will redevelop as biofuels, natural gas-powered clean energy industrial park

In Texas, Biofuels Power announced that it has acquired the 79-acre site assets of the decommissioned HO Clarke Electric Generating Station in Houston, and that it will be redeveloped as a clean energy industrial park to provide green power, heat and refrigeration services, using biofuels, biomass, natural gas, syngas and solar energy as feedstocks and energy sources. Biofuels Power has previously launched two biodiesel-based power plants in Montgomery County that sell power to ERCOT and Entergy. The HO Clarke facility includes 65,000 barrels of storage, a natural gas pipeline, and is adjacent to a 500 MW Centerpoint switchyard that is connected to ERCOT with a 12 kV transmission line.

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