Speaking of Smoke: Oregon’s Only Coal Power Plant May Convert to Biomass, but Plan Has Many Unknowns
Michael Giberson The High Country News reports that Portland General Electric is considering shutting down its Boardman, OR, coal-fired power plant, with costs of Clean Air Act compliance cited as the cause. However, another option under consideration is conversion of the plant to biomass, more specifically converted to use a torrefied Asian cane that would …