April 22, 2021 – As part of a $150 million dollar investment across multiple sites, Tate & Lyle are investing in their Decatur production facility, the largest site in their global network, to install a new natural gas-fuelled boiler that will provide efficiencies and deliver local benefits such as cleaner air.
All corn wet mills have large boilers that generate steam to provide the thermal energy required to process corn into food and beverage ingredients and industrial starches used in packaging and other industrial products. The current coal-fueled boilers in Decatur produce high-pressure steam to drive a turbine generator to produce electricity prior to using that steam to supply the facility’s thermal demand.
By introducing a new natural-gas fuelled boiler, they anticipate a reduction in the site’s Greenhouse Gas emissions by around 30%, which will help to improve local air quality and support efforts to tackle climate change.
