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Austin Approves
$2.3b Purchase of Renewable Energy The City Council of Austin, Texas approved a $2.3 billion contract to purchase all power produced over a 20-year period by a proposed 100-megawatt (MW) wood-waste-fueled biomass power plant. Click here to read the entire Article in Sustainable Business.com.
Nacogdoches To Get Wood-Burning Power
Plant After two stalled attempts and despite criticism, the Austin City Council Thursday unanimously agreed to a 20-year, $2.3 billion energy purchase agreement with a wood-fired power plant to be built near Sacul in western Nacogdoches County. Click here to read the entire Article in the Tyler Morning Telegraph.
Texas companies partner to build wood-fired
plant On Aug. 28, the Austin, Texas, city council unanimously approved a renewable power purchase agreement between city-owned electric utility, Austin Energy, and Nacogdoches Power LLC, in what is expected to be a $2.3 billion contract over 20 years. The plan calls for Austin Energy to purchase all of the electricity produced at Nacogdoches Power’s proposed 100-megawatt power generation facility, which will use waste wood to produce electricity. According to Austin Energy, the facility will burn wood waste from logging and mill activities, as well as urban wood from clearing, tree trimming and pallets. Click here to read the entire Article in the Biomass Magazine.
As Biomass Power Rises, a Wood-Fired Plant Is
Planned in Texas When completed in 2012, the East Texas plant will be able to generate 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 75,000 homes. That is small by the standards of coal-fired power plants, but plants fueled by wood chips, straw and the like — organic materials collectively known as biomass — have rarely achieved such scale. Click here to read the entire Article in the New York Times. |
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