15 April 2009 — Connecticut's environmental protection department denied a motion made by environmentalists to reconsider permits for a 37 MW wood-burning biomass power plant planned by Plainfield Renewable Energy.
The Plainfield Project that will use lumber byproducts, wood pallets and recycled waste wood as feedstock. The plant will use a fluidized bed staged gasification system that generates steam to drive a conventional steam turbine generator.
Decker Energy and NuPower, LLC, a Connecticut-based renewable energy developer, own Plainfield Renewable Energy.
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