Dow Corning Corporation will soon have a bio-mass energy facility built at its Midland location which will supply steam and up to 40 MW of electricity. To be owned and operated by Midland Power Station, formerly Cirque Energy, the electricity and steam will be generated through the gasification of such feedstock as tree waste, energy crops and agricultural waste. Experimentation with ten test plots of various perennial energy crops has begun as employees recently planted giant miscanthus, switch grass, big bluestem, Indian grass, sorghum, willow, and poplar trees on adjacent properties. “It saves money; it saves the environment, “ explains Cameron Fryzel, a summer intern working on the project.
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