BlueFire Ethanol To Present At State Department-Hosted Renewable Energy Technology Conference And Exhibition Side Event 'The U.S. - Brazil Biofuels Partnership'

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE.OB - News), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced that the company's President and CEO, Arnold Klann, will address the industry and government leaders at The Renewable Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition (RETECH) in a State Department-hosted Side Event entitled, "The U.S. – Brazil Biofuels Partnership."

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The event, which will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 4, will discuss how the U.S. and Brazil are cooperating on research and development, promoting biofuels consumption in third-world countries, and on standards and codes. This side event will allow U.S. and Brazilian officials to update participants on the bilateral cooperation and will also afford leading private sector representatives from each country to discuss their progress to-date in the advanced biofuels arena. Mr. Klann joins the U.S. Department of State's Office of The Secretary Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, David Goldwyn; Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Itamaraty, and Under Secretary for Energy & High Technology, Ambassador Andre Amado; and industry leaders from other high-profile biofuels companies, including: Virent Energy Systems, Inc., Poet, LLC, Coskata, Inc., Novozymes North America, Petrobras, UNICA, and Dedini.

"Companies across the globe have requested the world-wide deployment of BlueFire Ethanol's innovative Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis technology. As such, we are thrilled to have been invited to present on BlueFire's capabilities and technology at this event, where even more companies and global leaders can learn the many benefits of our technology," said Arnold Klann.  "BlueFire's cellulosic conversion process provides a commercially-viable method of generating biofuels from a variety of non-food source feedstocks, thereby offering a cost-effective method to offset the import of energy and reduce petroleum consumption."

BlueFire is currently focused on the development of their two United States commercial biorefineries in Lancaster, CA and Fulton, MS. The shovel-ready, fully permitted ethanol biorefinery in Lancaster, CA, BlueFire's first U.S. commercial plant, will use post-sorted cellulosic wastes diverted from Southern California's landfills to produce approximately 3.9 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol per year.

BlueFire is also moving forward with its internal project schedule for a second planned commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, which will be relocated to Fulton, Mississippi. The project will allow BlueFire to utilize green and wood wastes available in the region as feedstock for the ethanol plant that will be designed to produce approximately 18 million gallons of ethanol per year.

About BlueFire Ethanol Fuels

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. was established to deploy a commercially ready, patented and proven Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis Technology Process for the profitable conversion of cellulosic waste materials ("Green Waste") to ethanol, a viable alternative to gasoline. BlueFire is the only cellulose-to-ethanol company worldwide with demonstrated production of ethanol from urban trash (post-sorted MSW), rice and wheat straws, wood waste and other agricultural residues.