Charleston (IL) Herald-Review.com
By HERB MEEKER - H&R Staff Writer Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:00 am
CHARLESTON - Turning the dirt Friday for the new biomass-fueled energy plant at Eastern Illinois University was easy.
In less than two years, the facility will be operating on a 320-acre site on the southeast corner of the college campus, on Illinois 130 and Edgar Drive.
"It took a village to make this project possible. And what a village!" Eastern President Bill Perry said during the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the plant that will burn wood chips for gasification to create steam for the campus.
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