Energy to innovate: The University’s efforts will only succeed if everyone plays their role

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By EDITORIAL BOARD The Daily Tar Heel (NC)
Updated: 8:46 AM

Through its efforts for energy reform, UNC can prove that it is an engine of innovation for the whole of North Carolina.

At Thursday’s energy task force meeting, administrators announced this week’s arrival of the first shipment of wood pellets for UNC’s cogeneration plant.

This is a small step, and both technical and logistical challenges remain ahead: how to source and store biomass fuels and whether such fuels can become cost-effective.

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