Power plant will convert to biomass (from coal, NC)

http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/07/15/power_plant_will_convert_to_biomass/

KENANSVILLE -- A defunct coal-burning cogeneration electric power plant on N.C. 11 and 903 north of the Duplin County seat is slated to get a new life as a biomass-fired facility through an $11.3 million industrial investment that doesn't require any county incentive.

Coastal Carolina Clean Power, LLC applied to the N.C. Utilities Commission for the necessary certification in May, just a month after Fibrowatt announced plans for a $200 million biomass-burning plant near N.C. 403 and Interstate 40 in Sampson County.

However, unlike the Sampson project that will burn poultry litter, the Duplin facility will burn wood and wood waste.

It will have a maximum dependable capacity of approximately 32 megawatts of electricity.

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