Nacogdoches Power, LLC is developing a new 100 MW wood-fired biomass electric generating facility.  The facility will consist of a wood fuel handling feed system, a wood-fired system generator, a condensing steam turbine generator with an evaporative cooling tower and auxiliary support equipment.  The Project will employ the latest in boiler and emissions control technology to achieve the best available emissions.

The biomass fuel will be comprised of forest residues, whole tree chips, municipal tree waste and mill residue.

The steam generator will be a bubbling fluidized bed boiler. The boiler will be equipped with a baghouse to control particulate emissions. A Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (“SNCR”) system will be provided for NOX control.

The Project will be unique among renewable energy projects in that it will have an extremely high availability factor (approximately 90%) and will be capable of operation as a base load generating resource.  Further, the Project will qualify for renewable energy credits, (RECs) under current Texas law and Public Utility Commission rules.  The Project will help Texas meet the legislatively established requirement of 500 MW of new non-wind renewable generation and the overall goal of 5,880 MW of renewable generation by 2015 under Texas Senate Bill 20, enacted in July 2005.