MORRIS, Minn. (AP) - The Board of Regents has approved construction of a biomass plant on the University of Minnesota's Morris campus.
The associate vice chancellor for physical plant and planning on the Morris campus says they hope to begin building the plant next month and are targeting February for the plant to start producing steam.
Lowell Rasmussen says the biomass burner is unique because it will use corn stover, employing a gasification process to produce steam for energy that will be used throughout the Morris campus.
The college also has a wind turbine. Rasmussen says it's all part of an effort to have all the energy used on the campus to be from renewable sources within the next three years.
The biomass plant will cost nearly nine million dollars. Rasmussen says A USDA grant will provide part of the funding.
Information from: J.P. Cola/KWLM-AM
