EcoGen Eucalyptus Tree Burner

Address

West of Rt 17, north of Fort Meade
Fort Meade, FL 33841
United States

Latitude: 27.778

Longitude: -81.808

Burner: Unknown Type

Cost (in millions): 200

Notes

The land for the plant will be purchased from HackLake Forests LLC of Indianapolis, which owns about 4,000 acres of former phosphate land in the area that was sold by Mobil Chemical several years ago when Mobil liquidated its Polk County holdings.

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.4%	0.5%	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.7%	1.8%
Black	6.3%	6.9%	14.8%	15.2%	14.5%
Hispanic	26.3%	26.3%	26.4%	21.7%	23.1%
White	62.0%	62.9%	55.5%	59.2%	57.0%

Population	1,032	2,182	5,913	25k	470k
Income	$53k				$51k

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CORPORATIONS

Name	Relation	Ownership
U.S. EcoGen	Developer

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$200 Million Biomass Plant to Be Built in Fort Meade 9/26/2011

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Unit Information

Power	Type	Status	Fuel
60 MW	Burner: Unknown Type	Proposed	Agricultural Waste / Energy Crops

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