Yesterday, Atlanta-based Southern Power Company held its groundbreaking ceremonies for a new biomass power plant near Nacogdoches, Texas. Construction of the plant is scheduled to take 32 months and commercial operation is expected to begin in the summer of 2012.
As part of its goal to receive 30 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, Austin Energy has a 20-year agreement to purchase electricity from the plant. The plant will produce 100-megawatts of power over a 165-acre site, and the biomass fuel will come from local wood processing residue and lumber waste.
The project is also expected to create around 300 construction jobs and 40 permanent jobs for the local area.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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