Reality check
by Clay Chandler
Published: July 18,2010
Tags: Advance Mississippi, Alternative energy, biomass energy, forests, Strategic Biomass Initiative
Advance Mississippi touts state as one of top options in the nation for biomass energy, but Strategic Biomass Initiative director says its could be years before technology is available Mississippi has 19 million acres of forests, a number that constitutes an 18 percent increase from 30 years ago. The timber and undergrowth it produces are [...]
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July 18th, 2010 at 4:02 am
[...] Advance Mississippi touts state as one of top options in the nation for biomass energy, but Strategic Biomass Initiative director says its could be years before technology is available Mississippi has 19 million acres of forests, a number that constitutes an 18 percent increase from 30 years ago. Top Stories Newswire [...]