We Energies – Domtar Biomass-Fueled Cogeneration Facility Construction crews worked next to an operating paper mill for 2 ½ years to build the state’s largest biomass power plant. The $269 million plant, which The Boldt Co. built for We Energies ...

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A new power plant that burns wood and sawdust is now producing power at Domtar Corp.'s paper mill in north-central Wisconsin, We Energies said Monday.

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The operator of a biomass power plant on the Mississippi River in Cassville will pay $150,000 to settle air pollution violations.

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A $250 million biomass plant in central Wisconsin is on track to begin generating power late this year.

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Republicans on Friday pushed a bill through the House shining a campaign-season light on the most conspicuous failure of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package. The bill would phase out federal loan guarantees like those that went to the now-bankrupt solar power company Solyndra LLC and left taxpayers on the hook for more than $500 million.

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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to tour a wind turbine manufacturer in Milwaukee and a biomass research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Thursday.

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At Merrill Iron & Steel, the recession seems to be fading quickly into history.

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By James Briggs When Gov. Scott Walker axed a biomass boiler from a planned $251 million renovation of Madison’s Charter Street Heating Plant, the governor announced savings of $100 million for taxpayers. That number is wrong, said John Harrod Jr., ...

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By Joe Yovino We Energies won final approval from state regulators Thursday to build a $255 million biomass power plant on the site of a paper mill in Rothschild. But the timing for shovels to hit the ground is still ...

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By Matt Pommer “Escape to Illinois!” proclaims the Illinois Wind Energy Association in the wake of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed new rules on wind turbine siting. Walker is asking the Republican-controlled Legislature to pass a law that any turbine ...

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