Wednesday, May 19, 2010
EcoPower Generation To Build Wood-Burning Power Plant
KENTUCKY....
EcoPower Generation Hazard has been given a go-ahead from Frankfort to begin construction of a newly proposed 50 mega watt generating wood-burning power plant that will be built on a 125 acre site in the Coal Fields Regional Industrial Park in northern Perry County. Officials say construction of the plant that will use biomass fuel to generate electricity, could begin the end of this year and be finished as soon as 2012. Construction will employ about 200 part time workers, while day to day operations will bring another 40 full time jobs. Officials say 13 counties in eastern Kentucky will be the main source of wood by-products, as they anticipate buying logs only from certified master loggers. The plant is expected to operate for a minimum of 30 years, and will be the first of its kind in Kentucky.
EcoPower Generation Hazard has been given a go-ahead from Frankfort to begin construction of a newly proposed 50 mega watt generating wood-burning power plant that will be built on a 125 acre site in the Coal Fields Regional Industrial Park in northern Perry County. Officials say construction of the plant that will use biomass fuel to generate electricity, could begin the end of this year and be finished as soon as 2012. Construction will employ about 200 part time workers, while day to day operations will bring another 40 full time jobs. Officials say 13 counties in eastern Kentucky will be the main source of wood by-products, as they anticipate buying logs only from certified master loggers. The plant is expected to operate for a minimum of 30 years, and will be the first of its kind in Kentucky.
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