If all goes as planned, according to GSE project manager Edward Stahl, construction on the alternative fuel plant could begin by the end of this year. The plant, which Lurgi PSI of Memphis, TN would do on a design/build basis, would take about a year to have up and running. It would process an estimated 15 million bushels of grain a year, drawn from the state of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, to produce ethanol and other byproducts.
GSE is "a grassroots effort to address the energy security, environmental and economic benefits of developing a fuel ethanol production facility in the heart of the East Coast," according to Stahl. Among the groups behind the effort are the New Jersey Farm Bureau, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the New Jersey Grain and Forage Growers Association, Rutgers University and a number of private sector individuals.
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