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North Star Clean Energy must double production to meet Michigan energy demand
“Over the next 10 years, they think they're going to need to double their energy production in order to keep up with the growing energy demand of the state of Michigan.”
Thomas: US landfills are 30% to 40% wood by volume
“US landfills are about 30 to 40% wood by volume.”
Thomas: Most wooden pallets are discarded as single-use items
“Wood pallets, theoretically, are, Multi-use items. Like you can, you should be able to use a pallet two, three, four times, but the reality is most of the time they're treated as single use items and they end up in the landfills. I mean, literally tens of thou…”
Thomas: North Star Clean Energy lacks biomass feedstock for three Michigan plants
“They have three energy facilities in the state of Michigan that have the potential to burn biomass to produce renewable energy, but they don't have enough biomass right now. So they're forced to use fossil fuels to generate all the electricity that the state o…”