BlueFire Ethanol Announces Year-To-Date Income Exceeding $4.1 Million

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board : BFRE.OB), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced year-to-date income of $4,110,832.62. Income sources for this period included: Department of Energy reimbursement; various consulting fees; and Solazyme, Inc. sugar sales.

"2009 has been a dynamic year for BlueFire Ethanol and we expect this momentum to build through the end of this year and accelerate into 2010, with anticipated announcements about funding for our Lancaster, CA facility and regarding plans for the Fulton, MS plant," said Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. "Despite current market challenges we expect to see continued income from the sale of our sugars, from consulting projects as well as through the Department of Energy's continued support of BlueFire Ethanol's Fulton, Mississippi project."

BlueFire is optimistic that it will soon close on the final financing needed to break ground on its shovel-ready, fully permitted ethanol biorefinery in Lancaster, CA. The Lancaster facility, 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. BlueFire expects to announce a third planned project facility early next year in addition to further details on the Fulton project in the near future.

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.

BlueFire is one of four companies awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to construct cellulosic biorefinery production facilities. BlueFire's biorefineries will be located near markets with high demand for ethanol and will use locally available biomass. This should dramatically reduce delivery costs and increase biofuel supplies, while providing a unique waste processing technology to help America's cities better manage the increasing problem of overflowing landfills. For more information, please visit www.BlueFireEthanol.com.

source: prnewswire