Gretna project would turn switchgrass into heating oil
Virginia Business Magazine   
Monday, 02 July 2007

As energy prices continue to rise, a group of Virginians will begin a pilot project on an unusual fuel source later this month. Ken Moss, owner of Piedmont Bioproducts LLC, will start showing off the potential of refining heating oil.

-Excerpt courtesty of Virginia Business Magazine.  Read the full story on the Virginia Business Magazine Website here

 
Black Gold, Pittsylvania Bio-Crude
Lynchburg News & Advance   
Thursday, 17 May 2007

With demand for oil and the price of gasoline reaching historic proportions, the timing for “Pittsylvania crude” couldn’t be better.

Excerpt courtesy of the Lynchburg News & Advance.  Read the full article on the News & Advance Web Site here

 
Gretna Refinery Takes Next Step
Danville Register & Bee   
Saturday, 12 May 2007
- It's not a matter of "if it's going to happen," Gretna businessman and entrepreneur Ken Moss said Friday. It's a matter of when.

It will happen," Moss said as he described the pending development of the first bio-crude refinery in the United States that will be built in Gretna.

-Excerpt courtesy of the Danville Register & Bee.  Read the full story on the Register and Bee's Web Site here .

 
Virginia's CIT Invests $200,000 in two firms
TechJournal South   
Friday, 11 May 2007
HERNDON,VA--The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) today announced that the CIT GAP Fund invested $200,000 in Engineered Products of Virginia, LLC and Piedmont BioProducts, LLC in order to support the expansion of technology-based industries in Southern Virginia.
-Excerpt courtesy of TechJournal South. Read the Full Article On the TechJournal South Web Site.
 
Nation's first bio-refinery comes to region
Danville Register & Bee   
Friday, 11 May 2007

GRETNA - Pittsylvania crude. Get used to hearing the term, it’s a good thing, referring to bio-crude oil made from switch grass.

-Excerpt courtesty of the Danville Register & Bee.  Read the full story on the Register and Bee's Web Site here

 

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