by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: agriculture, bayou, berth, contract, dredge, forest, forester, forestry, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, port, ship, shipper, shipping, transportation, wood pellet
PASCAGOULA — Port of Pascagoula commissioners have approved a $1.5-million dredging project to prepare a Bayou Casotte berth for a specialized wood pellet exporting facility. The board awarded the $1.47 million contract to C. F. Bean, LLC for the dredging, testing, transporting and disposing of about 45,000 cubic yards of silts around Terminals E and [...] [...]
The Port of Pascagoula has gotten the last funding piece in place for its wood pellet facility. The $196 million bond bill approved during the legislative session that ended in April includes $10 million that will round out the money needed for the $30 million project. The facility will be built along two terminals on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 5,2013
Tags: alternative fuel, biofuel fuel, economic development, employment, energy, job creation, lease, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, REFINERY, sustainability, town, town government, wood pellet, work, worker
GLOSTER — The town of Gloster has signed a lease with Drax Biomass International for its Amite BioEnergy wood pellet plant. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the 15-year lease calls for the company to pay the town $8,000 per year for the first 10 years and $9,000 for the next five. There are options to continue [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: breach of contract, contract, county, county government, courts, energy, forest, forestland, fuel, judge, judicial, lawsuit, lumber, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, sue, suing, timber, tree, wood, wood pellet
MAGNOLIA — An Aug. 13 trial date has been set in U.S. District Court in Jackson in a breach-of-contract lawsuit by Pike County against a wood pellet company that never built a promised mill. The Enterprise-Journal reports Indeck Energy Services of Buffalo Grove, Ill., bought land from Pike County in 2008 with plans to build [...] [...]
Loading ...