We Energies has applied to Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission to build a $255 million, 50-megawatt biomass power plant near Wausau. According to We Energies, this project could create up to 150 permanent jobs. Construction is projected to begin in 2011, creating about 400 temporary construction jobs.
Laidlaw Applies For Plant Permit
Laidlaw Berlin BioPower LLC has filed a permit application to construct and operate a proposed 70 MW biomass plant at the former site of the Fraser Papers mill in Berlin, NH. The company was recently notified there is enough transmission capacity in the area to handle the Laidlaw plant’s output, and the Berlin facility would [...]
Northwest Renewable to Build Wood Biomass Plant
Vancouver-based company Northwest Renewables, LLC plans to build a $72.5 million wood biomass electricity plant at Longview’s Mint Farm Industrial Park (Washington). Since 2006 the company had been planning to construct an ethanol plant, but has opted for biomass instead. It is estimated that the project will employ around 400 workers for construction and around [...]