BlueFire Ethanol Fuel, Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) has received permission from the U.S. Department of Energy to use a $40 million grant to build a plant in Fulton, Miss. The new plant will be on the Tennessee-Tombigbe Waterway and make ethanol from wood chips. The plant might break ground as early as June or July, and [...]
DOE Reports Shows Renewable Usage Up
According to a report recently released by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, between 2007 and 2008 renewable energy consumption in the U.S. grew by 7%, despite an overall 2% drop in energy consumption due to the economic slowdown and modest conservation efforts. Most of the renewable energy used in 2008 stemmed from biomass and hydroelectric [...]