Coal power plant tests biomass

Biofuels International
7 January 2010

A 200MW power plant in Wisconsin, US, has started testing the introduction of burning biomass.

Alliant Energy has been working with the Nelson Dewey Power Plant in Cassville on providing a range of biomass tests.

‘We'll be burning fuels that have been densified and pelleted, Bill Johnson, Alliant Energy's biofuel development manager, comments. ‘That would include wood that is mixed with other materials, as well as agricultural residue materials such as corn stover, switchgrass and reed canary grass.’

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