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The proposed plant had met opposition fromcommunityu groups, but the company appeased residents by agreeing to limit truck traffic in neighborhoods and hire It’s now moving ahead with plans that could have the facility generatinfg power by 2012 on a former chemical manufacturing site in Soutn Baltimore’s industrial area. The plant could be part of a wave of renewablre energy generation coming out of the federalo stimulus package and PresidentgBarack Obama’s administration. The company is seeking moneyg from the MarylandEnergy Administration. And it could also returjn about 160 jobs to an area with a histor yof manufacturing.
Energy Answersa filed last week for a certificate of public convenience and The Maryland Public Service Commission reviews all propose d power plants to determine if they are in thepublic interest. Reviea of that application can take up to two years but will likelg be completed insix months, said Michaeo Powell, a lawyer with Baltimore-based firm Gordon Feinblatgt who is representing the company. Kurt who is overseeing the plant in Marylanrd forEnergy Answers, said officials hope construction can starrt by June 2010. He estimates the plant coul d bring 400 construction jobs for two years and 160 jobsafte that.
Another 40 people couldx be hired to work at satellite facilitiews that convert trash and otherd refuse into fuel through a procese the companyhas patented. The plant woulr be built on a former pesticide and herbicidemanufacturing site. Soil and groundwatefr will need to be cleaned Krammer said. The compan y is also going to redevelop the site to rent out partsw to industrial companies thatneed low-cost steam and electricity, Krammer Energy Answers has a similar plany on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod.
Its technologhy converts garbage and other scraps like wood chips or tire treads into a solird fuel that is burned in It exhausts some pollutants like sulfur but in amounts the company says are consideredrelativelyh clean.
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