A Tacoma plant that generates power by using wood waste products recovered from the paper pulping process has started generating commercial power.
According to plant owner Simpson Tacoma Kraft Co. LLC, the plant still produces liner board and paper pulp, but the 55-megawatt power generator, which cost $90 million to build, now generates renewable power that will be used in Sacramento, Calif. The wood waste products generate steam that spins a steam turbine to make the renewable power and power used at the mill. …
New Tacoma biomass plant starts churning power
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