BlueFire's Fulton project endorsed by CTG

BlueFire Renewable received a strong endorsement for its Fulton project from China Three Gorges (CTG) executive VP Lin Chuxue.

Presented at The US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), co-chaired by US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, US Trade Representative Michael Froman, and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, Chuxue said: 'BlueFire's Fulton project is a renewable energy project of great commercial value, which can be duplicated many times over elsewhere. CTG [...] attaches great importance to the cooperation with BlueFire on the Fulton project. Fulton will serve as a milestone in the Sino-US cooperation on technology and capital for clean energy and it will be a case in point.'

Chuxue added: 'In addition, we believe that this technology boasts great prospects in China, as abundant biomass materials including waste straw and other agricultural residues can be found in rural areas of China to produce renewable energy, [the BlueFire projects] represent a solution for issues like air pollution and energy shortage [in China].'

Established in 1983, the JCCT is a forum for dialogue on bilateral trade issues between the US and China.

According to Mitchell Stanley, president of the National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD), a national nonprofit organisation based in Washington, DC, commented: 'A collaboration between China and the US, the world's big producers of carbon emissions, will create an environment where low carbon, clean-energy technologies and investments can thrive. America is inextricably bound up with China's efforts to solve its environmental problems.'

BlueFire's Fulton, located in Mississippi, will utilise Arkenol technology to convert mixed streams of cellulosic wastes including forestry, agricultural and manufacturing residues available in the region into cellulosic sugars that will create bio-chemicals and biofuels. The Fulton project is designed to produce approximately 19 million gallons of ethanol per year.