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Growing Renewable-Fuels Could Bring Jobs for Farmers

By Knox van Nagell | January 11th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

“Thousands of jobs could be created in renewable-fuels industry”

Excerpt from Kentucky.com, posted January 11, 2010
By Bill Estep – bestep@herald-leader.com

Kentucky has the potential to develop thousands of jobs in the renewable-fuels industry, but it will take a lot of work and investment to achieve that, according to a state task force.

A full-scale system to produce fuel for power plants and vehicles made from renewable sources such as grass and wood chips could create 10,000 lasting jobs in 15 years, many in farming areas of the state, and generate billions in economic activity, the task force said in a report.

If the state required utilities to burn a certain amount of renewable fuel — called biomass — to produce electricity, that would help develop such an industry, the report said…Read more at Kentucky.com

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