OR: Burn Wood Not Coal

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Jobs Watch: Burn wood not coal
Ben Jacklet
Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Portland General Electric’s proposal to phase out Oregon’s sole coal-burning power plant 20 years ahead of schedule means...losing...a reliable workhorse that has helped keep electricity rates relatively low....

The seemingly obvious solution...[is] build a new power plant fueled by natural gas.

A more compelling possibility involves Oregon’s most abundant natural resource: wood. A whopping 76 new wood pellet plants/113 new wood-powered biomass electricity plants have been announced in North America since 2007.

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