New $50 Million Pyrolysis Facility Planned in West Virginia
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and the Clean Vision Corporation announced an agreement for development of a facility for converting plastic into oil for feedstock or fuel.
Clean Vision is planning to establish pyrolysis operations in the US, Africa, and South Asia.
will invest $50 million in a new waste processing facility in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The company’s Clean-Seas subsidiary signed a memorandum of understanding with the West Virginia Department of Economic Development.
The new facility, Clean-Seas’ first in the U.S., will convert waste plastic to fuel using the company’s pyrolysis technology. Throughput is expected to be 100 ton per day starting in 2024. According to the company, plans will allow expansion of throughput up to 500 ton per day.
Under the agreement Clean Vision will leverage over $12 million dollars in incentives from the state. According to the Jim Justice, WV Governor, the new operation will bring 40 full time jobs.
In recent months, Clean Vision has announced agreements and joint ventures to establish operations in Michigan, Arizona, Morocco and Malaysia.
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