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cleanbreak.ca - 3/20/2009
Enerkem to build $250M trash-to-ethanol plant in Mississippi
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There’s something about this company I just really like. Montreal-based Enerkem Inc. announced today that it will build, own and operate a waste-to-ethanol plant in Pontotoc, Mississippi, marking its first deal in the United States. The facility, called Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels, will ...
newswire.ca - 3/20/2009
CNW Group | ENERKEM INC. | Enerkem announces plans to enter the United States with ...
— newswire.ca — Attention News Editors: Enerkem announces plans to enter the United States with next-generation biofuels project in Mississippi... Project will allow the recycling and conversion of 60% of Three Rivers region's waste material MONTREAL, March 19 /CNW ... (more) CNW Group | ENERKEM INC. | Enerkem announces plans to ...

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earth2tech.com - 3/20/2009
Enerkem Heads to Mississippi for Biofuel Plant
— earth2tech.com — If you live in Mississippi, your garbage could soon be turned into ethanol. Montreal-based Enerkem said today... that it’s heading south for its next commercial-scale plant, with plans to build a 20-million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol ... (more) Enerkem Heads to Mississippi for Biofuel Plant

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Enerkem to build $250M trash-to-ethanol plant in Mississippi
The Energy Collective — ... waste into the chemical building blocks for a slew of other products, including plastics, paints and solvents. And unlike electricity-producing incinerators, the ethanol-from-waste approach using gasification is an easier sell to jurisdictions that are wary of the whole “burning” and “smokestack” images associated with mass-burn incineration facilities. I only wish one of these Enerkem plants were being considered for southern Ontario. ...

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