Oct 27 2010
National Clean Fuels (NACF) and the Center (Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy) declared that plans for the Port Gibson Biomass-to-Electricity (BTE) Project in Mississippi have begun. The new plant would generate electricity to power a massive turbine by converting woodchips and sawdust to gas.
NACF has signed a Letter of Intent with the City to develop plans for solar energy and biomass production in and around the city. The Center would assist NACF in both the planning and project implementation. The Project Engineers for the BTE would be announced very shortly.
According to Maurice Stone, NACF’s CEO and President, the planning stage would go on till the end of this year, and execution in 2011’s first quarter. Meanwhile they were trying to obtain an interconnection agreement with domestic energy suppliers to put the new plant on the grid.
The usage and production of clean fuel is the precedence for the State of Mississippi, with an authorization of $51 million to be offered as incentives for facilitating the installation of three biofuel plants in the state. An already existing $30 million state loan, along with the $51 million incentive takes the tally to a staggering $81 million package.
Stone noted that Mississippi has rich deposits of biomass fuels, which the state is planning to tap into. The company believes that this woodchip-based wind turbine plant would play a vital role in the State’s plans.
NACF is devoted to source out cleaner substitutes for the conventional fossil fuels. It is on par with companies such as ConocoPhillips, Total SA, BP and Chevron Corp., competing to commercialize clean energy technologies.
Source: National Clean Fuels