by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, biofuel, court, energy, fraud, fuel, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, prison, REFINERY, ruling, scam, scheme, sentence, sentencing, sustainable, vacate
NETTLETON — A Mississippi businessman has asked a federal judge to vacate his five-year prison sentence on a conviction of defrauding a biofuels subsidy program. William T. “Tommy” Tacker II was convicted in 2010 on 10 counts that he conspired to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture of nearly $3 million for his company, Biodiesel [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 19,2012
Tags: biofuel, board of supervisors, bond, county government, energy, finance, financing, fuel, green, infrastructure, levee, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, project, REFINERY, supervisor, sustainable
NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors is advertising its intent to take out a bond that will not exceed $7.5 million as part of the KiOR levee project. The Natchez Democrat reports the funds from the bond will be channeled toward the construction of a levee on the site of the former Belwood [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 27,2012
Tags: biofuel, economic development, employment, energy, facility, industrial real estate, job, land, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, municipal government, municipality, option, plant, property, real estate, REFINERY, renewable energy, sale, work, worker
ABERDEEN — Aberdeen officials have signed a sale option with SPW and Associates of Birmingham, Ala., in hopes of bringing in a biofuel plant. Monroe County Chamber of Commerce executive director Tony Green said the company plans to produce diesel and jet fuel at the Aberdeen site. He said SPW has put down earnest money, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 10,2012
Tags: agriculture, biofuel, biomass, college, crop, development, education, energy, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, fule, grass, higher education, renewable energy, research, university
STARKVILLE — A variety of grass developed at Mississippi State University is getting its moment in the sun as a biofuel ingredient, thanks to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture announcement. Freedom giant miscanthus, developed by Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station researcher Brian Baldwin and his colleagues, was selected as the crop of choice [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 16,2012
Tags: biodiesel, biofuel, diesel, energy, rail lines, railroads, railways, railyards, renewable energy, renewable fuels, trains
MERIDIAN — Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation, a transporter of coal and industrial products. Norfolk Southern has primarily been using a Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel at its Meridian rail yard since early January. Dynamic Fuels, a 50/50 venture owned by Tyson [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — In a quest to identify economically and agriculturally sustainable biofuels to reduce dependence on foreign energy suppliers, U.S. scientists and engineers constantly are identifying methods of converting biomass into biofuel products. This year, Mississippi State University researchers announced a breakthrough in understanding how cottonwood trees begin to produce seasonal flower buds. This critical [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 31,2011
Tags: biofuel, biorefinery, comstruction, electricity, energy, financing, GREEN ENERGY, power, sustainable energy, utilities
FULTON — BlueFire Renewables Inc. has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Huadian Engineering Co., LTD., to finance its integrated power plant and biorefinery in Fulton in Northeast Mississippi and up to five additional plants in the United States. Under the MOU, Huadian will invest equity by purchasing an interest in BlueFire [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — A Mississippi State University assistant professor is looking to “panda poop” — or microbes in panda excrement that breakdown woody materials — as a possible means to biofuel production. Ashli Brown, a biochemist in MSU’s Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, recently discovered that microbes in panda feces are strong [...] [...]
CLARKSDALE — Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, reports the closing of $30 million in additional financing through corporate equity ($15.3 million) and corporate debt ($15 million) transactions. As part of the equity financing round, The Westly Group, Fondaction CSN and Quince Associates, L.P. join existing investors Valero Energy Corp., Waste Management, Rho Ventures, [...] [...]
NATCHEZ — A federal judge agrees with regulators’ charges against a man who claimed he had developed a revolutionary process to more than double fuel production from soybeans — and to do so without waste or pollution. District Judge David Bramlette’s summary judgment against John Rivera affirmed charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange [...] [...]
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