NextEnergy and partners are undertaking predevelopment activities
towards construction on a 15,000 square foot biodiesel plant on
Baltimore Avenue in New Center. The $6-$10 million investment is
expected to result in 30-35 permanent jobs and $35 million in sales per
year.
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The
new plant would be among the few environmentally friendly facilities in
an urban environment and also will help an area badly in need of new
jobs, said James Croce, CEO of NextEnergy.
“(The plant would
generate) not only high-tech jobs, but semiskilled jobs and probably
some that would be considered unskilled, where this facility would be
able to hire people in the surrounding neighborhoods,” Croce said.
“With alternative energy, people think of scientists, white coats and
Ph.D.s, but here’s a chance for the city to capitalize … on jobs for
the entire range of the population.”
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