Tampa Tribune
23rd February 2007
Eight renewable energy companies, including Losonoco
of Polk County, will receive $15 million from a grant
program designed to promote the development of renewable
energy technologies in Florida. Losonoco will receive
$2.5million, which will be used to purchase, refurbish
and operate a shuttered fuel ethanol production facility
in Mulberry. The plant will be able to produce up
to 12 million gallons of ethanol per year, doubling
its original capacity, a news release said. Another
$2.5 million will be awarded to Citrus Energy LLC,
which plans to build a 4 million-gallon-a-year biorefinery
that uses citrus waste to produce ethanol.
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