Comments on: BlueFire Raises $15.5M for Cellulosic Ethanol

By: BlueFire Gets Approval for Waste-to-Ethanol Plant « Earth2Tech

BlueFire Gets Approval for Waste-to-Ethanol Plant « Earth2Tech — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:48:34 +0000

[...] BlueFire received $15.5 million from Quercus Trust earlier this year, and was selected by the DOE to potentially receive $40 million in funding for an even bigger waste-to-ethanol plant that the company tells us is still on track for 2010 operation (unlike some DOE-funded ethanol projects). [...]

By: 10 Cleantech Deals from Quiet Quercus « Earth2Tech

10 Cleantech Deals from Quiet Quercus « Earth2Tech — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:35:46 +0000

[...] build refineries right alongside landfills and use organic waste as biofuel feedstock. It also has money from the DOE to build 17 million-gallon-per-year plant near a landfill in Southern California. [...]

By: Web

Web — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:55:16 +0000

Green energy is definitely the best solution in most cases. Technology like solar energy, wind power, fuel cells, zaps electric vehicles, EV hybrids, etc have come so far recently. Green energy even costs way less than oil and gas in many cases.

By: Nathan McClure

Nathan McClure — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:10:13 +0000

Timberland owners in Georgia would certainly welcome companies such as Blue Fire to use biomass from our tree farms – some waste in the form of logging and mill residues – but there is much low-value pine timber available. Georgia landowners have been reforesting and otherwise cultivating their timberlands for pulp, paper, lumber and other uses for many decades and would welcome new markets.

By: Craig Rubens

Craig Rubens — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:19:05 +0000

Thank you, Larry. I’ve been wanting to make a “Mr. Fusion” reference in every waste-to-energy post we do.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:38:42 +0000

This makes sense … turning trash into fuel. We won’t be driving up the price of food ( corn ) and the resources are abundent. It seems that Back To The Future was right…”Marty!!!!”