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- Vermont Public Service Board rejects Springfield biomass plant (2/11/14)
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Public Service Board has rejected an application to build a 37-megawatt wood-fired power plant in the town of Springfield.
- From gas to timber, vertical integration key to historic growth of Irving empire (2/7/14)
The Irving family story begins with the son of Scottish immigrants, James Dergavel Irving, who founded the Irving company in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, in 1882 with a sawmill, gristmill, carding mill, a general store and several farms
- What’s old is new in New Hampshire: Wood, pellets gain steam (11/18/13)
CONCORD -- There's renewed enthusiasm in heavily forested New Hampshire for the idea of homegrown heating sources, primarily wood and -- more recently -- wood pellets.
- Cate Street releases commissioning update on biomass plant (11/11/13)
BERLIN -- Burgess BioPower delivered an update Friday to Berlin officials on the commissioning activities at its $275 million biomass power plant, which will be delivering clean, renewable electricity commercially to the New England power grid before the end of the year.
- New Hampshire investor in torrefied wood has drawn more than $142M in tax breaks, state loan (10/28/13)
Cate Street Capital had never before run a paper mill, and arguably the company’s biggest reason for coming to Maine is to try a commercial untested technology without contractually guaranteed customers or suppliers. But the New Hampshire investment group, its subsidiaries and its investors have received at least $142 million in tax breaks and a guaranteed loan from Maine and the federal government since 2011, officials say.
- Wood boiler users dispute heavy pollution claims (2/10/14)
OXFORD -- The smoke emanating from outdoor wood-burning furnaces can lie thick and low. Rather than rising and dispersing, it can spread out, leaving smoky particles hanging about.
- Dispute over proposed Springfield biomass plant heads for March hearing in Land Court (1/24/14)
Springfield -- A proposal to build a $150 million biomass wood-burning plant in East Springfield remains under litigation in two courts, with one hearing scheduled in March on a developer’s fight to obtain two building permits
- Concerns raised about Vermont biomass plant traffic (11/12/13)
SPRINGFIELD — A hearing officer has recommended that a state certificate not be granted to a proposed biomass energy plant in North Springfield after expressing concerns about traffic.
- New biomass boiler and lobby upgrade underway at AVH (10/30/13)
BERLIN – It's a busy time at Androscoggin Valley Hospital with a new $2.8 million biomass boiler under construction and a major upgrade of the front lobby in progress. Currently, the hospital burns 135,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil annually. The biomass plant will save the hospital an estimated $350,000 annually in heating costs, which McMann pointed out means the plant will pay for itself in eight years
- Foreclosure sale imminent for Plainfield biomass (10/22/13)
The Virginia financer of a 37.5 megawatt Plainfield biomass power plant has agreed to buy the facility out of foreclosure, after the original New Jersey-based owner failed to finish construction.