Soperton News

A California-based energy company made its pitch Tuesday to area farmers to convert some of their cropland to switchgrass.

When the predawn sky howled and the threshers of wind chewed miles-wide holes in Macon's west and south sides a year ago, what could have been the bleakest of Mother's Days broke ugly and gave way to the clear-bluest of days.

Dublin Police are warning that drivers cant assume the roads are safe from impaired drivers during the daytime.

Rev. William 'Bill' Sweat 04/04/09 Email this story to a friend Rev. William Theodore Bill Sweat, 72, of Tarrytown died Friday, April 3, 2009.

Forecasters for the National Weather Service in Charleston said a line of severe thunderstorms will pass through the Coastal Empire early this afternoon.

A group of area farmers learned Wednesday just how soon Range Fuels, Inc., in Soperton may need them to produce crops and what kinds of crops will be best to grow for the production of cellulosic ethanol.

Range Fuels announced a new strategic partnership with Emerson that aims to build America's first industrial-scale cellulosic biofuels plant.

Second-generation biofuels company Range Fuels has formed a strategic relationship with Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson , to help bring online the first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant in ...

Jim Gillis' family has owned a stretch of about 1,453 acres in Treutlen and Laurens counties going back to the early 1900s.

Two companies trying to lay claim to having the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S. have secured financing to get closer to that goal.

The Obama administration should expand loan guarantees for struggling biorefineries as they attempt to produce cellulosic ethanol and other alternatives to traditional corn-based biofuels, Senator Richard Lugar ...

Loan guarantee from USDA gives Colorado startup enough cash to complete 10-million gallon Georgia facility by early 2010.

The United States government will guarantee - with some conditions - an $80 million loan for Range Fuels to build an ethanol production plant near Soperton, the company announced this week.

Overview of the Range Fuels two-step process. Source: Range Fuels. Click to enlarge.