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An ethanol plant in Chancellor, South Dakota, will replace up to 60 percent of its natural gas use by burning wood waste starting next summer.

The Poet plant announced Wednesday that it will use waste wood from construction, trucking pallets and landfills to make steam. Mueller Pallets of Sioux Falls will provide from 150 to 350 tons of wood per day to the plant, which is expanding capacity from 51 million gallons per year to 100 million gallons in spring.

“You’re using a green technology to help keep black ink on the bottom line,” said the American Coalition for Ethanol’s Brian Jennings at the announcement in Chancellor.

Poet spokesman Nathan Schock said the move would reduce the climate footprint of the plant.

source: Argus Leader

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