May 15, 2017 | News, News/PR
The Biomass Power Association recently released a study by two professors demonstrating dramatic carbon benefits by using forest residue-based biomass fuel instead of natural gas in a power generation facility. The study, conducted by Dr. Madhu Khanna, Distinguished...
Feb 10, 2017 | News, News/PR
Conifex Timber Inc., a forestry and sawmilling company, recently announced it is modernizing and will re-start a state-of-the-art sawmill complex in El Dorado, Arkansas. The site was formerly owned by Georgia-Pacific. Conifex will create approximately 120 jobs and...
Nov 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
Supporters of a reliable, affordable, and diverse energy mix often discuss an “all-of-the-above” approach to American energy production. In Mississippi, we benefit from a wide variety of energy production that creates thousands of jobs across the state. Crude oil,...
Aug 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
For decades, generating electricity has been all about boiling water. Typically, you can boil water by burning coal, oil or natural gas or even through a nuclear reaction using uranium. That steam turns a turbine which turns a generator creating our electricity. On a...
Jun 29, 2016 | News, News/PR
South Arkansas is facing an ever-mounting problem with wood waste. Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann talked about the problem on Wednesday during a meeting of the Magnolia Economic Development Corporation. The five counties in the Southwest Arkansas Regional Solid Waste...