JACKSONVILLE — As mentioned on Beyond CSX and ethanol, I intended to look at industry advances in the biofuels market. Algenol Biofuels, an algal-based ethanol company in Bonita Springs, has made some impressive strides (especially when viewed from the vantage of a Sept. 15th Review Summary in the Gulf Coast Business Review). Firstly, the company received a $25 million [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — The goal of CSX’s inaugural three-day BioEnergy Summit was to start a dialogue among “leaders in the green energy sphere”. As hosts of the Sept. 28 – Sept. 30 summit, CSX BioEnergy stressed the opportunities available through CSX’s rail system for transporting biomass for energy production. Participant list: BioEnergy advances at CSX Biomass commodities include recovered wood and [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — CSX Corp. said about itself, “Environmental stewardship is a top priority throughout CSX’s operations and management.” Or rather it said so in a Sept. 20th press release announcing the company had received the highest score for an industrial company in Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) 2010 Standard & Poor 500 Report. CSX was among five industrial [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Saft America’s grand opening of its high-tech battery plant at AllianceFlorida Cecil Commerce Center was held on Sept. 16th. I erroneously reported on Cecil advances (Aug. 17th) that the Saft plant had begun production in July (my apologies for not picking up the phone for confirmation.) At any rate, both Jacksonville Business Journal and Florida Times-Union did their due [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE – A delegation of Northeast Florida business-development leaders recently met with 20 or so companies considering the area for business operations at the International Paris Air Show. All regions of Florida participate in the annual aeronautics ritual – the Paris and Farnborough airshows are alternating biennial global marketing events. A selling point for Jacksonville and Northeast Florida [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE – On the heels of The SunRail Effect July 12th post, but not necessarily because of it, U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood toured the 158- acre TraPac, Inc. container yard at Dames Point on July 7th with Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and Jaxport officials. Hood had been invited in May by JaxPort CEO Paul Anderson [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE – While advancing a story (I wrote as a correspondent for the Jacksonville Business Journal), it took on a life of its own. They do that sometimes. I was intending another transit piece beginning at a city biodiesel distillery, but ended up at Jacksonville Electric Authority’s (JEA) municipal water reclamation facility. Several years ago (2008 to be [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Curitiba, Brazil (a Jacksonville Sister City ! ) has a model, if not Utopian, Bus Rapid Transit [BRT] system. The city is a case study for the Federal Transit Administration’s Research, Technical Assistance and Training division. Curitiba was also featured at EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport’s series of panel discussions profiling innovative global [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Great news from the Great Plains! We’re now on a ”countdown to success,” said Kirk Schweitzer from his office at Graham County Economic Development, 104 West Main Street, Hill City, Kansas. The GCED presented a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to sell a combined 40 megawatts (MW) of county-generated wind power to two [...] [...more]
HILL CITY, Kan., March 30 – “An old feud between two factions at Hill City has broken out again. Hill City is the seat of Graham County.” According to the New York Times, in 1896 a riot was “narrowly averted” when the post office was moved across the street in the middle of the night. [...] [...more]
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