The two companies proposing to build biomass plants in Berlin reported new developments this week.
Laidlaw Berlin Biopower has signed an agreement to supply Fraser Paper’s Gorham paper mill with hot water from its biomass plant. Laidlaw is proposing to develop a 66-megawatt biomass plant on the former pulp mill property.
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