In California, BlueFire Renewables has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with China Huadian Engineering Co. to finance its integrated Power Plant and Biorefinery in Fulton, MS and up to 5 additional plants in the United States. Under the MOU, Huadian will invest equity by purchasing an interest in the BlueFire Fulton Renewable Energy LLC […]
Background: This is a first round, West Regional match-up between #7 seed Rentech and #10 seed BlueFire Renewables in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to […]
In California, BlueFire Renewables announced an operating loss of $461,000 for Q1 2011 on revenues of $83,000, with cash and cash equivalents on hand of $18,000 as of May 10, according to its SEC filing. The company has raised $950,000 since December in investments and loans and “intends to fund its operations with reimbursements under […]
In California, SynGest Inc. announced that it is sponsoring the Iowa State University Biomass Crop Production Workshop to be held on Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Creston, Iowa. Also in California, BlueFire Renewables announced that Joe Sparano has joined the company’s Board of Directors. As former President and, subsequently, Executive Advisor to the Chairman of […]
In California, BlueFire Renewables announced that Lincoln Park Capital Fund will invest up to $10 million in the company. Upon signing the agreement, LPC invested $150,000 in BlueFire as an initial investment under the agreement at $.35 per share together with warrants to purchase an equivalent number of shares at an exercise price of $.55 […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that LanzaTech, the partnership of Rentech and ClearFuels Technology, the partnership of Taurus Energy and SEKAB, and Renewable Energy Group won Technology of the Year awards, among this year’s roster of Biofuels Digest Award winners. Technology of the Year Awards recognized pre-pilot, pilot, demonstration-scale and commercial-scale installations. LanzaTech is commercializing the […]
In California, New Earth Capital Group initiated coverage on BlueFire Renewables and rated the company a “Speculative buy”. “After 3+ years of development, BlueFire appears to have secured the various elements necessary to secure financing for its first commercial-scale biorefinery: permits, DoE grants, EPC contract, feedstock agreement, and off- take agreement. BlueFire’s stock price has […]
In Mississippi, while the merits of ethanol subsidies of one sort or another are being debated, BlueFire Renewables has announced the impact of Recovery Act funding in the form of 52 jobs now created as site preparation starts at its Fulton facility. With all permits in hand, Century Construction is preparing the site for actual […]
In California, BlueFire has obtained its final air, wastewater, and storm water permits from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to start construction. Other permits issued related to the Project include a wetlands permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a Certificate of Permit Coverage under Mississippi’s storm water general permit from the […]
In California, BlueFire Renewables announced that it has finalized and signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for its cellulosic ethanol project in Fulton, MS. The facility will be engineered and built by Wanzek Construction, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MasTec, Inc. (MTZ) , for a fixed price of $296 million which includes […]
