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Published March 11, 2013 in the Rutland Herald Wood to warmth Springfield energy project could power all of Windsor County By Guy C. Denechaud North Springfield, wood, power, NSSEP, Springfield Industrial Park, North Springfield Industrial, Windsor County, Dan Ingold, wood chips, plant, North Springfield Sustainable, Springfield Sustainable Energy, power plant, energy project, power plants, Sustainable Energy Project, carbon dioxide, hot water, Springfield area, renewable power, Springfield energy project, Vermont, wood stoves, power co-generation plant, fossil fuels, North Springfield area, co-generation power plant, renewable power plant, air emissions, Springfield Regional Development, eco-friendly power plant, state, renewable power generators, wood stove change-out, Windsor County region, home wood stoves, sound industrial base, clean wood chips, Guy C. Denechaud, Vermont State Regulatory, older wood stoves, electrical generating power, economic development project, Vermont forest properties, Connecticut River Valley, local air quality, British thermal units, major air emissions, additional economic stimulant, below-market energy source, best available technology, Air Pollution Control, real estate taxes, Public Service Board, long-term forest health, businesses, preliminary draft form, state-of-the-art filter fabric, stable power, particulates, industrial incubator, new businesses, energy storage, industrial relocation, New England, sustainable way, new structures, tiny particulates, state program, Winstanley Enterprises, local industries, machine-tool industry, Project developers, firms, Vermont s Agency, technical director, largest taxpayer, major firms, finished project
Published March 11, 2013 in the Rutland Herald Wood to warmth Springfield energy project could power all of Windsor County By Guy C. Denechaud North Springfield, wood, power, NSSEP, Springfield Industrial Park, North Springfield Industrial, Windsor County, Dan Ingold, wood chips, plant, North Springfield Sustainable, Springfield Sustainable Energy, power plant, energy project, power plants, Sustainable Energy Project, carbon dioxide, hot water, Springfield area, renewable power, Springfield energy project, Vermont, wood stoves, power co-generation plant, fossil fuels, North Springfield area, co-generation power plant, renewable power plant, air emissions, Springfield Regional Development, eco-friendly power plant, state, renewable power generators, wood stove change-out, Windsor County region, home wood stoves, sound industrial base, clean wood chips, Guy C. Denechaud, Vermont State Regulatory, older wood stoves, electrical generating power, economic development project, Vermont forest properties, Connecticut River Valley, local air quality, British thermal units, major air emissions, additional economic stimulant, below-market energy source, best available technology, Air Pollution Control, real estate taxes, Public Service Board, long-term forest health, businesses, preliminary draft form, state-of-the-art filter fabric, stable power, particulates, industrial incubator, new businesses, energy storage, industrial relocation, New England, sustainable way, new structures, tiny particulates, state program, Winstanley Enterprises, local industries, machine-tool industry, Project developers, firms, Vermont s Agency, technical director, largest taxpayer, major firms, finished project
Amazing... just a few years ago these tree-hugging liberals were all about saving the trees, now they want to burn them. This tree burning to create electricity has got disaster written all over it.
ReplyDeleteAww still holding onto the 30 year old dream that the machine tool industry will return
DeleteNope, is long gone, never to return. Retired in 1988 from the tool industry and enjoying the sun.
DeleteInteresting, I probably would have said a few years ago these conservatives would have been pushing for industrial development and bringing in new industry, but then industry got proposed in their backyard and suddenly they become tree hugger environmentalists. Since the fuel source is limited to trees from property enrolled in the current use program and therefore subject to best forestry practices, am having hard time understanding the objections. Sounds a lot like the condo owners objecting to wind farms on the ridges to me.
DeleteSpringfield has Conservatives?
DeleteThis is a major win for Springfield if NoSAG doesn't screw it up. Massive increase in grandlist, increase in water usage, and direct and indirect jobs. Plus puts some money in forest owners pockets for timber that would otherwise be waste.
DeletePerhaps with the additional 2 mil in tax revenue, some of the towns infrastructure can be repaired along with residential taxes being reduced or at least stabilized for a time. But if the biomass doesn't go through I don't want to hear one person complain about their property taxes
DeleteBack in the 1870's, Vermont was 20% forested and 80% open. Then coal came in as a heating fuel, and the woodlands started returning. If it's true that it takes 20 years for a woodlot to regenerate, then we can only afford to harvest 5% of New England forests each year to keep them a sustained source of materials and biomass. Since we already know how much wood this plant is going to use per year, we should be able to determine how many acres of woodland it needs at a minimum to have a sustainable perennial yield.
DeleteSo, determine the acreage needed to produce the burnable biomass, multiply that by 20 (if the 5% is correct), and see if the resulting number can be absorbed by the acreage of woodland being used. In the long run, it's not nice to pickpocket Mother Nature.
Vermont wasn't forested to generate heat, it was forested for livestock, if it was for heat I don't believe barbed wire fences and stone walls would have been needed. I don't think a forester said "Hey this looks like a nice place for a wall"
DeleteVermont was originally de-forested for ship masts.... then with the naked mountains, sheep were brought in.
DeleteHow many local jobs is this going to create?
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DeletePer the writeup.. "will have about 28 employees staffing the plant, which also will provide an estimated 120 jobs in the local forestry, logging and trucking firms."
ReplyDeleteFinally, A positive article about the biomass project. Its about time. I think this is nothing but a big plus for Springfield. Keep the positive coming.
ReplyDeleteWhat part of the article was positive?
Deletewhere are the chips going to come from and what about the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and the Emerald Ash Borer? What precautions are put in place to prevent these insects from being transported here?
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