Moorhead City Council authorizes agreement for $5 billion sustainable aviation fuel plant

MOORHEAD — The Moorhead City Council took a step toward selling city-owned property to a business hoping to use the land for a $5 billion facility.

During its meeting Monday, Sept. 8, city council members voted unanimously to authorize city staff to enter into an option agreement with DG Fuels, a sustainable aviation fuel company that has expressed interest in building a $5 billion production facility in Moorhead. Council member Lisa Borgen was not at the meeting.

In November 2024, Washington, D.C.-based DG Fuels announced it had picked Moorhead as the site of a facility to produce low-carbon aviation fuel. The proposed facility will produce around 193 million gallons of fuel annually, according to the company’s announcement. Production is expected to begin in 2030.

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