Beasley Forest Products, LLC (BFP) and Land Care Services, LLC (LCS) have entered into a joint venture to develop a 56 MW biomass fueled power plant at a current industrial site in southeast Laurens County near Dublin. The new business, Green Power Solutions LLC (GPS), has received approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission and [...]
Georgia Biomass Off-Line After Explosion
The new Georgia Biomass wood pellet plant at Waycross, Ga. is off-line after a flash explosion in the pellet processing area halted production at the facility on the morning of June 20. According to industry sources, the explosion occurred in or near a pellet machine, and explosion vents on the bin above blew out and [...]
Range Fuels Plans Ethanol Plant for Georgia
Colorado-based Range Fuels Inc. is planning construction of an ethanol plant in Georgia, near Soperton after receiving loan guarantees from the USDA Biorefinery Assistance Program. Production is projected to begin this year, producing biofuel out of pine chips. The biofuel will then be mixed with diesel. Later in the year, the plant will begin producing cellulosic ethanol, [...]