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MSU-developed grass being studied as renewable energy source

MBJ Staff — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:08:14 +0000

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 [...]

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MTA program managing biomass/renewable energy council

MBJ Staff — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:07:49 +0000

RIDGELAND — The Mississippi Biomass and Renewable Energy Council (MBREC) is now under the management of the Strategic Biomass Solutions (SBS), a program of the Mississippi Technology Alliance. MBREC will be housed alongside SBS in Ridgeland. “MBREC is on the move to bigger and better things,” said John Mabry Jr., president of MBREC. “We recognize [...]

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Scientists study cottonwood trees for biofuel

MBJ Staff — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:16:43 +0000

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 [...]

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Feds assess sites for renewable energy potential

Associated Press — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:19:31 +0000

Determining the potential of former landfills, brownfields and Superfund sites around the country to host solar panels and other renewable energy projects is the focus of a new assessment federal researchers announced Friday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado plan to spend the next year to 18 months [...]

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Enviva to supply biomass for power plants in Virginia

MBJ Staff — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:30:06 +0000

WASHINGTON — Enviva LP, a manufacturer of processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe that operates two wood pellet facilities in Mississippi, has signed a contract with Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Virginia Power to supply biomass to two power facilities in Southeast Virginia. In April, Dominion announced plans to convert three 63-megawatt coal burning [...]

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Biomass experts realize fossil fuels still king of the hill

Amy McCullough — Sun, 15 May 2011 06:00:54 +0000

Biomass advocates agree that the United States will continue to depend on fossil fuels for bulk power but would like to see those fuels to be further offset and supplemented by alternate sources of energy. It was with that premise that the Mississippi Biomass and Renewable Energy Council held its 10th-annual conference at Biloxi’s Beau [...]

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KiOR signs construction contract for Columbus plant

For the MBJ — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:42:35 +0000

COLUMBUS — KBR of Houston, Texas, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by KiOR Inc. to build a first-of-its-kind biomass-to-renewable crude facility to be located in Columbus. Terms were not disclosed. KiOR’s facility is designed to process approximately 500 tons per day of wood biomass and produce over 11 million gallons [...]

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Clean energy company visits Port Gibson again

Wally Northway — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:22:19 +0000

PORT GIBSON — National Clean Fuels’ affiliate, the Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy, conducted a third successful scoping visit to Port Gibson where the two companies are working together to build a biomass-to-electricity (BTE) plant. During the trip, Center president Norris McDonald met with representatives from South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA) and Southwest [...]

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Profit-sharing agreement signed for biomass plant

Amy McCullough — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:08:45 +0000

HOUSTON, Texas — National Clean Fuels announced today that the company signed a profit participation agreement with the Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy (The Center). The two organizations are working together closely to build a biomass-to-electricity (BTE) plant in Port Gibson, Miss. According to the agreement, National Clean Fuels will provide the Center with [...]

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Biomass company buys Wiggins pellet plant

Amy McCullough — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:15:57 +0000

Source: Hellerman Baretz Communications LLC press release Richmond, VA — Enviva LP, a leading manufacturer of processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe, announced today that it has acquired a controlling interest in Tomorrow’s Energy, LLC and its Piney Woods pellet manufacturing facility in Wiggins, Mississippi. Under Enviva’s ownership, Piney Woods will be [...]

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