February 11, 2011
The garbage-to-ethanol industry holds summit in Chicago. Some of the big names in the industry are scheduled to attend, including Waste Management, Cascadia, Coskata, Covanta and Ineos Bio. One of the featured speakers will be Earl Powers, the principal owner of Powers Energy of America, the company that is building a plant just across the state line from Kankakee County in Schneider Indiana.
It is our hope the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County has a representative at this summit. We are not holding our breath on that one.
Post-Tribune http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/3737192-418/trash-to-ethanol-industry-to-meet-in-chicago.html
CHICAGO — Powers Energy, the company planning a $285 million trash-to-ethanol plant in Schneider, is slated as one of 20 featured speakers at Municipal Solid Waste to Biofuels Summit 2011, a how-to event focusing on the emerging biofuels industry.
The two-day summit, set for today and Friday at the Wyndham Hotel, is drawing 120 attendees from around the country and internationally, said Oliver Saunders, international event director for Eye For Energy, organizer for the summit, based in London.
For more information go to http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/3757767-418/biofuels-summit-has-lake-link.html
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