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Article: Silverado's clean coal technology coming to Choctaw County
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- January 8, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright Mississippi Business Journal Jan 08, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ACKERMAN - A $26-million clean coal technology project in Choctaw County promises to help decrease the country's dependence on foreign oil and make Mississippi the center of alternative fuel production. Silverado Green Fuel Inc. will build the first such facility in the U.S. on 14 acres in the Red Hills EcoPlex.
The permitting process will begin after the groundbreaking that's expected to take place in February. The facility is designed to utilize the state's vast supply of low-rank coal reserves by converting them into green fuel, a new form of coalbased, environmentally-friendly, low-cost alternative fuel.
The project will take advantage of the lignite coal deposit that runs through about ...