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Published February 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Site work for a water / sewer project in La Porte, Texas. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2024/03/20/world-energy-houston-ship-channel-clean-fuel-loan.html A developer is seeking a $2 billion federal loan to turn a long-serving biodiesel facility on the Houston Ship Channel into a plant that can produce 250 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel annually. Boston-based World Energy was invited this week to apply for the Department of Energy's Title 17 Clean Energy Financing program to fund the project. World Energy CEO Gene Gebolys told the Houston Business Journal that the company expects to reach a final investment decision for the project by the end of the year. Construction is expected to begin next year, and the facility is expected to go online in 2027. Gebolys said the company's strategy involves selling decarbonization as a service through aviation fuel -- an approach that allows World Energy to reach sustainable aviation fuel customers outside of airlines and upset what he describes as a status quo of aviation. "Airlines will be an important part of this ecosystem -- but not the only part," Gebolys told the Houston Business Journal. "The most important part is the customer that's got people in those airplanes, moving people and products, that enables us to do what we do." The company could not disclose the footprint of its Galena Park site but said the plant had been producing biodiesel since World Energy acquired it in 2016. The conversion project would be World Energy's second SAF facility, after the company acquired the former Paramount Petroleum Corp. facility in Paramount, California, and converted that site into an SAF facility. Part of World Energy's value calculations also include the capacity to physically move SAF to airports outside of Houston and Texas, including Kansas City International Airport, Denver International Airport and Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, through its connection to a Magellan Midstream Partners pipeline. Gebolys highlighted some of World Energy's recent customers as examples of potential customers for the converted local facility. The company had already counted companies like Arlington, Virginia-based aircraft giant Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and Chicago-based United Airlines Inc. (NYSE: UAL) by 2022, but last October, technology giant Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) signed a 10-year agreement intended to replace 43.7 million gallons of standard jet fuel with SAF. "Once we demonstrate the business works, that brings in more investment that enables us to scale up," Gebolys said. "It's important that we demonstrate that this is a viable alternative to the status quo of aviation." The Microsoft contract will take its fuel from the Paramount facility. Gebolys said customer announcements for the Ship Channel facility would come closer to construction. Texas soars in sustainable aviation fuel production World Energy is the second developer building in Texas to receive an invitation to the Title 17 program. Scottsdale, Arizona-based USA BioEnergy said that its Texas Renewable Fuels subsidiary, which is building a sustainable fuels plant in Bon Wier on Texas' eastern border, received the Title 17 invite in January. Last week, the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office, which oversees the Title 17 program, released its budget request that included $55 million for the Title 17 program, to be offset by $240 million in collected fees. Over $138 billion in Title 17 applications had been received by the end of last year, the LPO said. "I don't care whether it's pharmaceuticals or technology, if you go back to the origins of any important industry you'll see government involvement," Gebolys said. "This bucket of money is not specifically for SAF, but it includes our kind of projects." One recent federal policy that does incentivize SAF development is the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which includes an SAF blenders tax credit to help address the price gap between conventional jet fuel and SAF. The U.S. departments of Energy, Transportation and Agriculture have collaborated to establish the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge, which targets the production of 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030 and 35 billion gallons by 2050. A 2023 report from the Sustainable Aviation Futures North America Congress highlighted several companies building Texas SAF projects expected to go online in the coming years. Chile-based HIF Global, which has its U.S. headquarters in Houston, and Sacramento, California-based Infinium both announced multiple projects in the Lone Star State. __________________ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, intends to issue a Solicitation for construction services for the project titled "Houston Ship Channel (HSC), Texas Expansion Channel Improvement Project (EPIC) East 2 Clinton DMPA Improvements, Harris County, Texas." The Houston Ship Channel (HSC) provides access to various private and public docks and berthing areas associated with Port Houston. It is the longest major navigation channel, of a larger system of navigation channels of the Galveston Bay Area, located in Harris, Chambers, and Galveston Counties, Texas. A brand-new placement area (PA) built by the federal government to support the Houston Ship Channel; Texas project is called the New E2 Clinton. The work is to replace the capacity in existing east-west Clinton (EWC) used by the HSC ECIP project, a new PA at East-East Clinton (E2C) will be constructed as a part of this project. This solicitation is being issued as 100% Small Business Set-Aside. At this time, no Pre-Solicitation Conference is planned for this solicitation. If the government does elect to hold a Pre-Solicitation Conference, the pre-solicitation announcement will be modified accordingly. At this time, no organized site visit is planned for this solicitation. If the government does schedule a site visit, the details will be included in the solicitation. If there is any change to the scheduled site visit, the correct time and location will be included in the solicitation, or amendments as applicable. There are zero (0) option CLIN(s) that have been identified for this project. In accordance with FAR 36.204 and DFARS 236.204, the estimated magnitude of this construction project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. This solicitation will be issued as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and evaluated based on price and in accordance with FAR 41.1 The IFB will result in the award of a single firm fixed price (FFP) construction contract. The estimated performance period for completion of construction is 365 days from Notice to Proceed (NTP). The solicitation will be available on or about March 29, 2024 and bids will be due on or about April 30, 2024. The solicitation, including any amendments, shall establish the official opening and closing dates and times. Bid Bonds and Payment bonds will be required. Payment bonds will be required for the full amount (100%) of the awarded contract before Notice to Proceed can be issued. See FAR Clause 52.228-13. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this project is 237990 - Other Civil and Civil Engineering Construction, with a size standard of $45,000,000.00. For the purposes of this procurement, a concern is considered a small business if its annual average gross revenue, taken for the last 3 fiscal years, does not exceed the size standard stated above. To view or download the solicitation requires registration at the Contracting Opportunities via the Sam.gov website at http://www.sam.gov. Downloads are available only through the Contracting Opportunities - Sam.gov website. Any amendments will only be available from the Contracting Opportunities - Sam.gov website. Offerors are responsible for checking the Contracting Opportunities - Sam.gov website frequently for any update(s) to this Pre-Solicitation Announcement or amendments to the Solicitation. The website is occasionally inaccessible due to maintenance. The government is not responsible for any loss of internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document at the referenced website. Prior to bidding, vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) system. The System for Award Management (SAM) is a Federal Government owned and operated free web site that consolidates the capabilities in CCR, ORCA, and EPLS. All vendors must verify their information through this web site. The point-of-contact for administrative for contractual questions is Jaclyn Yocum via email: Jaclyn.C.Yocum@usace.army.mil. The Method of Contractor Selection has not been determined at this Time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.
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