pink bfre industry bioethanol founded 2006 headquarters irvine california key people arnold r. klann ceo website www.bfreinc.com bluefire renewables previously bluefire ethanol is a biofuel company that produces a cellulose to ethanol solution using wood waste agricultural residue and municipal waste . the company is headquartered in irvine california and is publicly traded in the u.s. on the otc bulletin board under the ticker symbol bfre . on august 17 2010 bluefire ethanol fuels rebranded itself as bluefire renewables . contents 1 technology 2 projects 3 references 4 external links technology edit bluefire ethanol employs what it calls a concentrated acid hydrolysis process of converting waste material to ethanol . the technology developed by and licensed from arkenol fuels in orange county california reduces waste material to minuscule dimensions where it is combined with sulfuric acid . this releases lignin structures within the biomass where the sugar and acid are separated . the sugar goes into a yeast fermenting process that results in its conversion to ethanol . 1 projects edit in 2007 bluefire ethanol received us 40 million funding from the u.s. department of energy to construct a 19 million us gallon 72 000 m3 per year cellulosic ethanol plant in fulton ms. 1 2 in 2008 the company unveiled plans to create a network of ethanol refineries located at landfills around the world . under this plan the landfill operators would receive us 6.00 per ton for the removal of their trash for processing into ethanol . 3 in 2009 bluefire announced a teaming agreement with solazyme a renewable oil production company and leading algal synthetic biology company that sugars produced through bluefire s patented process will be used by solazyme to produce various oils for fuel production . in october 2014 bluefire announced that it has received a letter of intent from the export import bank of china china exim to provide up to 270 million in debt financing for its bio energy project in fulton mississippi . the fulton ms project will allow bluefire to utilize green and wood wastes available in the region as feedstock for the ethanol plant that is designed to produce approximately 19 million gallons of ethanol per year . 4 references edit a b bluefire to break ground greentech media may 8 2008 garbage clean fuel or just a load of trash reuters new zealand herald june 2 2008 bluefire making ethanol at the landfill cnet.com april 10 2008 http money.cnn.com news newsfeeds articles globenewswire 10104060.htm http articles.latimes.com print 2009 apr 22 local me biofuels22 external links edit new website bluefire ethanol securities and exchange commission file bluefire ethanol fuels inc 10sb12g on 12 13 06 ex 3.1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bluefire renewables & oldid 631663426 categories alcohol fuel producers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 october 2014 at 21 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view