January 19, 2012
Maine's Colby College woody biomass plant goes online
With temperatures dropping below zero, Colby's new biomass plant goes into normal operations this week. The plant--a key part of the college's plan to be carbon neutral by 2015--burns forestry byproducts, including wood chips, bark and treetops, which would otherwise have been left on the forest floor. During this period of peak usage, the College is expected to save $250,000 monthly at current market prices.
