Waste-to-fuel project in Gary ‘dead,’ city officials say
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A planned $600 million waste-to-fuel plant in Gary is no longer on the table. Gary Redevelopment Commission President George Rogge told our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana the project from Fulcrum BioEnergy is “dead” after six years of planning.
Plans for the Centerpoint BioFuels Plant in Gary were first announced in 2018, with the promise of about 130 jobs. The plant was designed to take convert municipal solid waste into renewable transportation fuel.
Gary Redevelopment Division Executive Director Christopher Harris told the publication that Fulcrum failed to close on the Buffington Harbor property–which is owned by the city–before the agreed-upon deadline.
Roggie said the company put down a portion of the money for the property, and Fulcrum is looking to get that money back. He said the city is looking to keep it.
Fulcrum recently filed for bankruptcy and laid off all of its employees, according to The Times. The company opened $200 million plant in Reno, Nevada in 2022, but that facility has since been shut down.
Officials from the company could not be reached for comment.
You can read more about the latest developments, including reaction from the project’s opponents from The Times of Northwest Indiana’s Joseph S. Pete by clicking here.