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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 23, 2013

BLUEFIRE RENEWABLES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

31 Musick

Irvine, CA92618

(Address of principal executive offices)

(949) 588-3767

(Telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 23, 2013, Bluefire Renewables, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from the Department of Energy (the “DOE”) indicating that the DOE would no longer provide funding under the Company’s DOE grant (the “DOE Grant”) for the development of its cellulosic waste facility in Fulton, Mississippi (the “Fulton Project”), due to the Company’s inability to comply with certain deadlines related to providing certain information to the DOE with respect to the Company’s future financing arrangements for the Fulton Project. The Company is seeking to re-establish funding under the DOE Grant and has initiated the appeals process with the DOE. The Company shall exhaust all options available to it in order to reverse the DOE’s decision.

The Company cannot make any assurances that the DOE’s decision will be reversed on appeal or that such an appeal will be heard at all. If the Company’s attempt to appeal the DOE’s decision is unsuccessful, we will devise a new strategy with respect to financing the Fulton Project. The Company will deploy any remaining funds from previous DOE funding for the development of the Fulton Project as planned.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.