Environment
On 24 June 2008, Florida's Governor, Charlie Crist, announced the state is in negotiations to buy 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land from the company as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Under the proposals, the company would continue to farm the land for the next six years, after which time the state would then convert the land back to its original natural marshland state.
In October 2010 the company sold 26,800 acres of land to the South Florida Water Management District for the “River of Grass” Restoration Project.
In an effort to power its facilities with renewable resources, the U.S. Sugar Corporation began using resources such as Bagassee for its Breakthrough Project, in which The Boiler 8 was built. The Boiler 8 produces steam during the milling process by burning bagasse. Steam is co-generated into electricity on-site. In essence, each year’s cane crop provides power for both the sugar factory and U.S. Sugar’s refinery operations.
They are also exploring building a 100 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida. The facility would convert leftover sugar cane material into ethanol and would help Florida meet its aggressive second-generation ethanol goals.
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