Other U.S. colleges find success with biomass energy

Daily Eastern News
Joe Astrouski / City Editor
Issue date: 1/28/09

Eastern's plan similar to what's used in Vermont, S. Carolina schools

While Eastern's proposed Renewable Energy Center is still in the public meetings process, similar plants are already in place at colleges and universities around the country.Honeywell International, the consulting firm that designed the proposed biomass gasification plant, has designed two similar plants, said company spokesman Aaron Parker.

"I found two other schools that are using technology similar to what we are proposing at Eastern Illinois University," Parker said. "Those schools are Middlebury College (in Middlebury, Vt.) and the University of South Carolina (in Columbia, S.C.)."

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