by Associated Press Published: April 2,2013
Tags: agriculture, construction, economic development, employee, employer, energy, environment, expansion, facility, forest, forester, forestry, green, job, plant, renewable energy, tree, wood, wood pellet, work, worker
LUCEDALE and COPIAH COUNTY— Gulf Coast Renewable Energy is ramping up plans for a wood pellet plant in Lucedale, and plans to build another plant just as big in Copiah County. The Mississippi Press reports that the company says it now plans to double the plant’s capacity to 320,000 metric tons of pellets a year [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Solar America Corp. has executed a memorandum of understanding with Solar Energy Labs Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., a developer of solar hot water solutions. Solar America and Solar Energy Labs will collaborate on incorporation of Solar America’s Solar Power Station technologies into Solar Energy Labs Intellement photovoltaic hot water system. “The opportunity to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 17,2012
Tags: battery, education, energy, higher education, renewable energy, research, researcher, science, scientist, solar power, technology, university
HATTIESBURG — Researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymers and High Performance Materials are working to develop a portable energy source using light from the sun to produce organic solar cells. Dr. Sarah E. Morgan, associate professor of polymer science in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, is one of [...] [...]
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 Associated Press Published: March 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, biofuels, board of supervisors, construction, county government, economic development, energy, foresters, forestry, forests, fuels, infrastructure, jobs, levee, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, refineries, renewable energy, site work, supervisors, wood
ADAMS COUNTY — Adams County will spend $5.1 million to put up a levee at the industrial site where a biofuels company intends to locate. Biofuels company KiOR said Monday it would locate its second Mississippi production facility in Natchez, a move that will create 300 jobs. The facility will be built on a 120-acre [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 27,2012
Tags: biofuels, energy, facility, fuels, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, REFINERY, renewable energy, Site Selection
NATCHEZ — Biofuels company KiOR says it will locate its second Mississippi production facility in Natchez, a move that will create 300 jobs. The Natchez Democrat reports the facility will be built on a 120-acre tract of land comprised of the former Belwood Country Club. The company had originally announced the facility would be located [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 22,2012
Tags: biomass, council, energy, feedstock, forestry, forests, fuel, management, renewable energy, state agency, technology, trees, wood
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 20,2012
Tags: certificates, certification, electricity, energy, manufacturers, manufacturing, plant, renewable energy, solar, solar panels, solar power
HATTIESBURG — Stion, a manufacturer of high-efficiency thin-film solar modules, has received both Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) and International Electrotechnical Commissions (IEC) certifications to ship modules produced at its Hattiesburg factory. Stion modules with nominal power of up to 140 watts are now available, with commercial shipments from the factory commencing later this month. The first [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 21,2012
Tags: award, electricity, energy, environment, gas, landfills, methane, natural gas, pollution, power, renewable energy, renewablew gneration, waste
STARKVILLE — A Mississippi regional landfill participating in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Generation Partners renewable power program has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as one of the nation’s top renewable generation projects. The Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority is the recipient of a 2011 Project of the Year Award [...] [...]
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