Released : Monday, January 14, 2008 11:57 PM
January 15, 2008 (FinancialWire) Southern Co. s (NYSE: SO) Georgia Power has signed a 20-year contract for electricity with Yellow Pine Energy Company, LLC, a biomass-fired facility to be located near Fort Gaines, Georgia. The material used to generate the power will come from timber harvesting residuals and collection of non-commercial tree species, tree-thinnings, lumber scraps and wood waste reclaimed from landfills. The Yellow Pine facility is scheduled to go into operation in 2010 and will produce 110 megawatts of renewable energy. Under the contract, Georgia Power will purchase almost half of the plant's capacity, or about fifty megawatts. Yellow Pine is an affiliate of Summit Energy Partners and Morris Energy Group. Summit Energy is a renewable energy company formed in 2002 by its principal, Mark S. Sajer, to develop renewable plants. Atlanta-based Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern. The company serves 2.3 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties.
2 comments:
Well I hope that will help a lot of people, but unfortunately that won't help me. I live in a trailer. I'm all electric and the bills a killing me. I know what you're thinking convert. I can't. It's not allowed in certain trailers.
Actually, this is a biomass project that would directly affect people that have electric heat. It is a contract to produce electrical power from a biomass fuel.
As far as heating with pellet appliances Wood Pellet stoves can be easily installed in mobile and modular homes. They are tested and approved. Brands from Quadrafire, and Harman, all the way down to Englander. The main difference from a standard pellet stove installation is that it needs to be bolted to the floor, and intake air hookup is required.
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