Emerson had been chosen to automate Strategic Biofuels' $2-billion landmark Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) power facility in Caldwell Parish. The project consists of a wood-fired power plant fully integrated with commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), delivering carbon-neutral electricity to Louisiana's grid. At full operation, LGF will convert 1,300,000 tons of forestry residuals each year?material that would otherwise be left to decompose or be burned?into renewable baseload power, while capturing and permanently storing 1,100,000 metric tons of CO2 annually in secure geologic formations nearly a mile underground.
The project will generate 100 megawatts of clean, dispatchable electricity, positioning Louisiana as a leader in carbon-neutral energy production. To optimize the plant's integrated operations, Emerson will deploy its DeltaV Automation Platform, along with a full suite of advanced automation, measurement and reliability technologies. Emerson's portfolio?including Rosemount smart sensing, control valves, isolation valves, pressure protection devices, Micro Motion and Flexim flow and gas analysis solutions, and AspenTech data management software?will provide the high-fidelity visibility and dynamic optimization tools required for a first-of-its-kind carbon-neutral power system.
With its end-to-end automation capabilities and decades of experience supporting energy transition infrastructure, Emerson will help LGF maximize efficiency, reduce operational risk and deliver on its mission of creating a replicable, commercially deployable pathway to carbon-neutral energy.
