Primary Recipient

ENERKEM CORPORATION

Amount

$50,000,000.00

Award Date

12/30/2009

Administering Agency

Energy, Department of

CDFA Number

81.087

CDFA Program Title

Renewable Energy Research and Development

Description

Enerkem will build and operate a 300 tonne-per-day biorefinery in Pontotoc, Mississippi that uses the dried and sorted biomass fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW) as feedstock. The Enerkem technology platform is based on a state-of-the-art gasificatio