Kinross News

It's pretty difficult to feel sorry for oil companies. Why should we? They're in control of a resource we all depend upon, one way or another, and can essentially charge whatever they like for it.

Mascoma, a renewable fuels company based in Lebanon, NH, says it has been awarded $80 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to help design, build and operate a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Kinross, MI.

Mascoma Corp. has signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to assist in the design, construction and operation of a commercial-scale hardwood cellulosic ethanol plant in Kinross, a former Air Force base along I-75 between St.