Tennessee to create community network to track energy needs, distribute biodiesel technology

BiofuelsDigest.com
June 12, 2009

In Tennessee, 75 mayors, businesses and state officials met at Fall Creek Falls for updates from the University of Tennessee/ Dupont Danisco Switchgrass Ethanol Demonstration Plant; the Tennessee Valley Authority Solar Energy Program; Arcadis Wind Energy Development; East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition; Biodiesel Logic; and StrataG biomass logistics planning.

Warren Nevad, Executive Director of the Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council, said “At the meeting, we agreed to create a regional network of local communities that will assist communities in understanding and tracking their energy needs, costs and usage so that we can reduce their carbon footprint. Participating communities will cooperate and share data on usage and receive both financial and technical assistance for the purchase, setup and operation of biodiesel production equipment in their local community.”

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