by MBJ Staff Published: June 1,2011
Tags: biofuels, Braemar Energy Ventures, Canada, Cycle Capital, Enerkem Inc., Ethanol, Memorandum of Understanding, methanol, Mississippi, Mississippi Development Authority, old telephone poles, pilot facility, Pontotoc, Quebec, Rho Ventures, syngas, Three Rivers Landfill, treated wood, U.S. Department of Energy, USDA, Vincent Chornet, waste management, work force training
From staff reports CHICAGO — Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company based in Canada, announced today an additional $60 million in financing for its Pontotoc, Mississippi plant, on which the company expects to break ground later this year. The plant will be located within the Three Rivers Landfill and convert trash to methanol [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — Gov. Haley Barbour joined executives from KiOR and state and local officials today for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of KiOR’s first commercial biofuel production facility in Columbus. The company announced in August 2010 it would locate five biofuel production facilities throughout Mississippi, a company investment of $500 million that will create [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — KiOR Inc., a renewable fuels company, and Catchlight Energy, LLC (CLE), a 50-50 joint venture between subsidiaries of Chevron Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company focused on providing liquid transportation fuels from sustainable forest-based resources, announced they have signed a conditional offtake agreement for CLE to purchase gasoline and diesel fuel blendstocks from KiOR’s first [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Five new facilities that can transform wood into fuel will soon be built in Mississippi. The facilities will further increase timber’s already-important role in the state’s economy. Mississippi’s forests cover nearly 20 million acres and generate more than $1 billion worth of timber each year. The forestry and forest products sectors, which include [...] [...]
PONTOTOC — Enerkem Inc. announced that Enerkem Corporation, its wholly-owned U.S. affiliate, has obtained a conditional commitment for an $80-million loan guarantee by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the construction of its waste-to-biofuels (ethanol) project in Pontotoc. The loan guarantee is part of the USDA 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program and follows an award [...] [...]
Barbour unveils ‘revolutionary’ biofuel project The areas around Columbus, Bude and Newton County have lots of timber. A Houston, Texas-based biofuel company hopes to put it to good use. Gov. Haley Barbour announced last Thursday that Kior is building facilities in each of those areas that will convert biomass — in this case, wood products [...] [...]
JACKSON — A company that will produce a crude oil substitute from biomass plans to build its first three facilities in Mississippi. Gov. Haley Barbour announced details yesterday of the project proposed by Texas-based KiOR. KiOR president and CEO Fred Cannon says his company will become first to commercially produce biofuel through the catalytic conversion [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 25,2010
Tags: biofuels, casinos, corrections, environment, gaming, jails, Legislature, prisons, renewable industry, special session, timber
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers on Friday will consider $50 million in state incentives for research and production of renewable fuel made from timber, one of the state’s most widely available natural resources. Gov. Haley Barbour said yesterday the biofuels project would be one of three items on the agenda for a special session, and he’s [...] [...]
FULTON — BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. has changed its name to BlueFire Renewables Inc. to more clearly illustrate the company’s capabilities in renewable energy. BlueFire Renewables will continue to trade as BFRE.OB. BlueFire can produce a vast array of other biofuels, including biodiesel, biojet fuel, drop-in directs and more. As such, the name change and [...] [...]
ABERDEEN — William T. “Tommy” Tacker is scheduled to be sentenced Monday for defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $2.8 million in bioenergy subsidy money for a plant in Mississippi. Tacker was convicted in February in federal court in Aberdeen. He faces up to 50 years in prison. The government says Tacker and [...] [...]
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