FULTON — Although far behind schedule, Mississippi officials say plans for BlueFire Renewables Inc.’s biofuels plant aren’t dead, just dormant. Greg Deakle, Itawamba County Development Council executive director, told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal work on the Fulton plant has gone on indefinite hiatus while BlueFire focuses on other projects, most notably the construction of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: Alternative energy, Closing, closure, energy, facility, green, land, plant, property, REFINERY, research and development, sale, sell, sustainable
NATCHEZ — Rentech Inc. says it plans to mothball its alternative-energy product demonstration facility in Commerce City, Colo., and end all related research and development activities, which will mean cutting 65 employee and contractor positions by mid-year. CEO D. Hunt Ramsbottom says the company intends to focus instead on opportunities for more immediate profitability. Rentech [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 21,2013
Tags: bioenergy, biofuel, city government, county government, economic development, employer, employere, energy, green, industrial real estate, job, manufacture, plant, REFINERY, site, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Adams County hopes to advertise for bids in April for port improvement construction related to a biofuels project. Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. announced in 2011 its plans to convert the Delta BioFuels plant into a bio-refinery, in which fuels and other chemicals will be produced from organic matter. The company — which makes [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 15,2013
Tags: education, efficiency, electricity, energy, green, higher education, natural gas, postsecondary education, public university, recycle, sustainability, waste, water
STARKVILLE — Upgrading infrastructure and making operations more efficient are two key changes that have allowed Mississippi State University to reduce its energy consumption by 37 percent. Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning created the Energy Task Force in 2006 and set a goal, by 2016, for Mississippi universities to reduce their energy consumption by 30 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: air force base, award, environment, garbage, green, military, pollution, recycle, recycling, trash
BILOXI — Keesler Air Force Base has been named an environmental hero in Mississippi for its comprehensive recycling efforts. The Sun Herald reports the Mississippi Recycling Coalition chose Keesler as the recipient of its 2012 Environmental Hero Award as the state or federal government recycler of the year. The base recycled nearly 2,700 tons of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 2,2013
Tags: county, deadline, economic development, employee, employer, energy, government, green, incentive, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, panel, plant, solar, sustainable, work, worker
COLUMBUS — Solar silicon maker Silicor Materials has missed another deadline. The company failed to put up $150,000 in escrow money to show good faith and seal a deal that would have meant hundreds of new jobs to Lowndes County. The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors in December agreed to extend the start date for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 17,2012
Tags: air pollution, automaker, automobile, car, clean, commonwealth, economic development, elected official, electric, electricity, environment, factory, government, green, incentive, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, politica, politician, pollution, public official, Site Selection, state, vehicle
HORN LAKE and TUNICA — An electric car firm headed by Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe never provided Virginia officials enough details to obtain economic development incentives, according to an Associated Press review of state records. McAuliffe claimed in a Dec. 5 news conference that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership didn’t want to bid [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: agriculture, construction, economic development, employment, energy, forest, fuel, green, job, lumber, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, sustaiable, timber, tree, wood, wood pelet, work, worker
GLOSTER — A British power generator will build a pair of mills in southwestern Mississippi and northeastern Louisiana to make wood pellets to burn for electricity in the United Kingdom. A unit of Drax Group, PLC will spend more than $200 million to build mills in Gloster and near Bastrop, La., each capable of yearly [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 12,2012
Tags: Alternative energy, biofuel, electricity, employee, employer, employment, energy, environment, green, incentive, job, solar, sustainability, sustainable, wind, work, worker
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi has disbursed nearly $227 million in aid to six alternative energy companies since 2010, but so far has fewer than 500 jobs to show for it. Research by The Associated Press finds the state has put in most of its total commitment, mainly in loans, to help some companies get off [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: December 10,2012
Tags: altertnative, biofuel, development, energy, fuel, green, higher educvation, micro-algae, plant, professor, public university, research, study, sustainable
HANCOCK COUNTY — Researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi are participating in an international research project aimed at turning marine micro-algae into fuel. “All the oil we are pumping out of the ground, what was it? Most people think dinosaurs. No. It was all marine micro algae,” said Dr. Donald Redalje, professor in the [...] [...]
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