Company Looking to Build Biomass Plant in Stanely
Monday, August 19th, 2013 -- 8:29 AM
-An unidentified company is looking to build a biomass plant in Stanely near where the Ace Ethanol factory is located. According to the Chippewa County Economic Development Corp., the firm is proposing to build a facility at a cost of more than $15 million on a 10 to 15 acre plot.According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, once in operation, the company would make cellulosic ethanol from trees, then sell the sugar solution to bio refineries that produce biofuels and biochemicals.
If approved by local city leaders, the project would come online in late 2014. Up to 20 employees could be hired by the plant.
We Energies is currently building a biomass plant in Rothchild near the Domtar paper plant. That project is expected to be completed by this fall.
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