JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers have passed a $50-million bond bill to attract a company that might build solar panels in the state.
The bill passed the House Thursday. It had cleared the Senate Feb. 24.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Percy Watson says state economic officials are keeping details about the project confidential, including the name [...] [...]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – With solar panels and wind turbines popping up across the region, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) renewable energy program, Generation Partners, now has enough power to meet the annual electricity needs of a fairly large subdivision, according to the utility.
Fueled by TVA incentives and federal tax credits, participation in Generation Partners [...] [...]
MADISON — Robie Kight called his trip to Copenhagen last month to attend the World Climate Conference inspirational. He also called it successful as he returned to Madison and his start-up company Kight Energy, LLC, with three new exclusive licensing agreements.
“There’s nothing quite like Copenhagen at Christmas time,” said Kight.
Kight attended the conference’s opening ceremonies, [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) made the following statement as a House Republican delegation prepares to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
“In today’s struggling economy, America cannot afford to gamble with a misguided energy policy. This is why I oppose the Democrats’ national energy tax and support an ‘all of the above’ [...] [...]
ADAMS COUNTY — Rentech Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 13 domestic and international passenger and cargo carriers that is intended to serve as a framework for a future definitive supply agreement for certified jet fuel from Rentech’s proposed synthetic fuels and power facility in Adams County near Natchez.
The non-binding MOU signed [...] [...]
FULTON — BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc., a California-based company that is proposing to build an ethanol refinery in Fulton in Northeast Mississippi, has been ranked number 19 on the Biofuels Digest list of the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy;” the company’s second consecutive year in the top 20.
“Having voters rank BlueFire Ethanol among the top [...] [...]
PONTOTOC and FULTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have selected 19 integrated biorefinery projects to receive up to $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate the construction and operation of pilot, demonstration, and commercial scale facilities.
The projects – in 15 states – will [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Collaboration between a Mississippi State University (MSU) research agronomist and Georgia’s self-proclaimed “sodfather” may offer a viable grassy feedstock to capitalize on sustainable bioenergy production.
A field of “Freedom” giant miscanthus on MSU’s South Farm towers over research agronomist Brian Baldwin. Baldwin’s 12-year study of grassy feedstocks indicates the plant is a viable resource [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — International Silica Technologies, LLC, (IST) produces a silica product that goes into everything from toothpaste to rubber. Producers Rice Mill is a farmer-owned cooperative that is a full-line processor of rice products. Now, these two very different companies are joining forces in a unique renewable energy project in Greenville.
Earlier this month, Jonesboro, Ark.-based [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has added nine BioPreferred product categories that will now be eligible for federal procurement preference. This action increases the number of bio-based products by 20 percent.
The USDA’s BioPreferred program’s round five finalization adds more than 1,000 bio-based products for preferred purchasing consideration by all federal government agencies, [...] [...]
