Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Wood As A Power Choice
KENTUCKY...
Coal isn't the only fuel being considered for power in Kentucky. A Lexington company is applying for a construction permit to build an electric-generating plant that burns sawdust and waste wood. The application from ecoPower Generation LLC was sent to the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting. The proposed 50-megawatt plant would be built on 125 acres on a reclaimed coal mine site in Perry County, about 10 miles north of Hazard. A statement from the Public Service Commission says fuel for the plant would come from industrial facilities and forest product operations and would include low-grade logs and wood wastes. The wood material would be burned to produce steam, which would power the plant's turbines.
Coal isn't the only fuel being considered for power in Kentucky. A Lexington company is applying for a construction permit to build an electric-generating plant that burns sawdust and waste wood. The application from ecoPower Generation LLC was sent to the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting. The proposed 50-megawatt plant would be built on 125 acres on a reclaimed coal mine site in Perry County, about 10 miles north of Hazard. A statement from the Public Service Commission says fuel for the plant would come from industrial facilities and forest product operations and would include low-grade logs and wood wastes. The wood material would be burned to produce steam, which would power the plant's turbines.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 12:52 PM 
