12-15 news: $15 million plant would turn chicken fat into jet fuel
"It allows us to make a very interesting slate of products, which is different and somewhat in contrast to how poultry fat is used today," said K'Lynne Johnson, Elevance CEO. "We are taking a waste stream of products ... and using it in a higher value manner."
The Chicago Tribune reports that the project is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy and could get the final go-ahead by January.