Thursday, June 19, 2008
June 19, 2008 - 10:16am — Terry Davis
Failing to capture $2.5 million in state money during the 2008 legislative session has stopped the promoter of a plasma gasification energy test project from seeking Minnesota money for it.
Minneapolis-based Phoenix Solutions has proposed working with Hutchinson Utilities Commission to use a plasma reactor burning various biofuels to create a synthetic gas to generate electricity.
Utilities plans to apply for a grant for between $250,000 to $500,000 from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to help get the project off the ground. The board of the city-owned power company approved putting together a grant application when it met two weeks ago.
Phoenix Solutions, which has a test facility in Hutchinson, just a few hundred yards northeast of Utilities’ industrial park plant and headquarters, approached the commission in December. The idea was to put together a $5 million demonstration project that would burn biofuels such as corn stover.
Read more about the idea in the Leader’s June 19 print edition.
(Terry Davis is a Hutchinson Leader staff writer. E-mail him at davis@hutchinsonleader.com.)
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