GreenHunter Energy options land for $70 million biofuels production and storage project in Florida

In Florida, GreenHunter Energy, which operates the largest US biodiesel plant (a 105 Mgy facility in Houston) said that has paid $1 million for an option to develop a $70 million biofuels production and storage facility at the Port of Tampa. The company also recently acquired a 14 MW power plant in Tallahassee that produces power from wood waste.

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