Palladium
SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Plans for a $100 million wood-burning power plant in southern Indiana have been rejected by a county zoning board.
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UWIRE
The ongoing battle over whether to site the first biomass incinerator plant in Indiana doesn’t seem like it will end anytime soon.
Liberty Green Renewables, LLC, an Indiana-based company, made a proposal in January 2009 to build a 28-megawatt facility in Crawford, Ind., a rural community 64 miles south of Bloomington and a popular destination for canoe enthusiasts. However, partly because of hometown opposition, Liberty Green has yet to break ground.
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InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
A seminar at Rose-Hulman Ventures this week will examine energy-driven innovations that could boost the state economy. The event, being put on by Rose-Hulman’s Department of Engineering Management, will include discussions about coal gasification, biomass-based fuels and innovations in the appliance industry.
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InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
Purdue University is part of a federally funded research initiative to create algae for biodiesel production. The project is based at Iowa State University and funded through a grant of more than $4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. About $1 million is funding Purdue’s portion of the research, which started earlier this year.
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The Bloomington Alternative
The groups assert that biomass incinerators are in fact not in the public interest, saying that they instead pose undue risks to public health, local water resources and the environment.
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Prospects unclear for legislation that would stop construction
Louisville Courier-Journal, by Grace Schneider
Acting on numerous requests from the public, the agency also extended the deadline to submit comments on the permits to Feb. 24. Regulators, however, have stressed that the department’s role is to approve permits as long as the projects comply with all state and federal laws and regulations — and that Liberty Green’s proposals appear to meet those guidelines. Read More
The Bloomington Alternative
It would be the first biomass plant in Indiana and the first one constructed and operated by Liberty Green Renewables LLC. The incinerator would cost about …
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Louisville Courier-Journal
By this summer, Indiana environmental regulators are expected to write the final details of an air-quality permit for the state’s first large biomass power plant near Milltown – with a second one in Scottsburg to soon follow. Read More
Louisville Courier-Journal
A crowd of Crawford County residents has urged Indiana environmental regulators to … Read More
The Bloomington Alternative
Indiana Forest Alliance, a statewide coalition of individuals and groups, works to protect public lands from commercial interests, to promote sustainable … Read More
