State touts bioenergy

Construction began today on Georgia’s first wood-based ethanol plant … and environmental officials are using it to lure other biofuel plants. State marketers will begin using a new slogan -- "The Bioenergy Corridor" -- to draw alternative energy companies to Georgia. With timber prices sagging, the state hopes tree farmers can earn additional revenue by selling their otherwise unusable wood waste as fuel to alternative energy plants. Colorado-based Range Fuels is building a plant in Soperton in Treutlin County.