N.S. news: Jet fuel to be produced in Goldboro by 2029 [Video]

HALIFAX –

An energy firm based in Ireland is planning build a plant in eastern Nova Scotia to produce sustainable aviation fuel using about 700,000 tonnes of wood biomass annually.

Simply Blue Group announced Friday that construction would begin in 2026 with the biofuel project expected to be operating by 2029 in Goldboro, N.S., about 165 kilometres northeast of Halifax.

No financial details were disclosed.

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The company says it has secured about 305 hectares of land for development, including 108 hectares previously owned by Calgary-base Pieridae Energy, which had planned to build a $10-billion liquified natural gas export terminal at the site. But the project, proposed in 2012, was shelved in 2021.

Based in Cork, Ireland, Simply Blue Group says its aviation fuel performs as well as conventional jet fuel but reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 90 per cent.

Simply Blue says that every …