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Florida Crystals - Partner with the Environment
We produce CLEAN ELECTRICITY. At Florida Crystals, we use our crops and urban
wood waste as fuel to generate renewable electricity. We own and operate the largest
renewable energy facility of its kind in North America and one of the largest in the world.
Efficient! ! Sugar cane ranks highest among all cultivated crops at capturing solar
energy in reusable form. Our renewable energy facility converts biomass (plant matter)
to electricity. We recycle urban wood and vegetative waste and our leftover sugar cane
fiber, called “bagasse” to produce clean, environmentally-friendly electricity that powers
our sugar operations as well as 60,000 homes.
Eco-friendly!
Because we use local biomass as fuel, our facility eliminates the e need for
one million barrels of foreign oil per year. By reducing the use of harmful fossil fuels, we
cut greenhouse gas emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons each year, helping to
reduce global warming.
Conservation! Each year, we divert 900,000 tons of wood waste from landfills and a
convert this otherwise worthless waste to a valuable product, clean electricity. In doing
so, we conserve valuable landfill space -- 3.5 million cubic yards per year -- in urban
communities.
Local Economy! The cost of fuel accounts for 85% of the money spent by most power
facilities. Since our fuel consists of locally grown and harvested sugar cane e fiber and
locally collected recycled wood waste, we invest that money in Florida. F
Conversely, most
fossil-fueled fueled power facilities send most of their money out of the state e or out of the
country.