Recently in Florida Category
From Andalusia Star-News:
PowerSouth joins 36 other cooperatives and municipal electric companies in Georgia, Alabama and Florida in agreeing to purchase power from a planned 100-megawatt biomass-fired power plant near Fort Gaines, Ga. The contracts are for an initial term of 30 years, with options to extend the term to 40 years. All the plant's output is committed, as are all of the renewable energy credits.
Yellow Pine plans to sell electricity generated from environmentally friendly wood waste. The material will come from timber harvesting residuals and the collection of non-commercial tree species' tree-thinnings, lumber scraps and wood waste reclaimed from landfills, according to published reports. Construction on the facility is slated to begin this summer.
Alabama, Florida, Missouri, and Tennessee are partnering with the National Governor's Association, General Motors, and six other states to improve access to E-85 across the country. Under the partnership, GM will work with states and producers to identify preferred fueling sites and optimal supply. The states will convene and E-85 task force to identify target areas for refueling stations, seek various funding sources, and implement the task force's recommendations. The full press release can be found here.
On July 30th through August 1st, The Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services held the "Farm to Fuel Summit" in Orlando, Florida. Presentations from the summit can be found at the summit website. In addition, the summit will be aired on the Florida channel on September 20-21.
