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Published 11/20/2007 on 6B of the Bismarck Tribune
The city of Bismarck will unveil its new biomass boiler heating system at a ribbon cutting ceremony, beginning at 1:30 p.m. today at the Municipal Landfill.
The high-tech system will use wood waste as a source for heating the new 18,000-square-foot household hazardous waste collection facility. It will take about 300 tons of wood chips to fuel the boiler, just a portion of the 4,000 tons that the landfill produces annually.
The city has spent about $350,000 on the system and the hazardous waste building, said Jeff Heintz, director of Public Works service operations. The North Dakota Forest Service provided $125,000 through its "Fuel For Schools" program.
The system was produced locally by King Coal Furnace Corp. It's a clean burning process with little smoke produced from the stack, Heintz said. The system also reduces the amount of waste the landfill has to bury, thereby extending the life of the facility.
Several state dignitaries are expected to participate in the event include the congressional delegation of Sens. Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Rep. Earl Pomeroy, City Commissioner Connie Sprynczynatyk, the USDA Forest Service's Dave Atkins, and the state Forest Service's Larry Kotchman.
- Gordon Weixel
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Published 11/21/2007 on Page 1B of the Bismarck Tribune
BIOMASS PROJECT: Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., center, discusses the city of Bismarck's biomass boiler system with City Commissioner Connie Sprynczynatyk, left, and John Dockter, right, of King Coal, of Bismarck, the manufacturer of the boiler and furnace. Sens. Conrad and Byron Dorgan and Rep. Earl Pomeroy were at the city landfill for the dedication of the new biomass project on Tuesday afternoon. Wood products that are chipped and shredded will be the primary fuel source for the furnace and boiler to heat a new 18,000-square-foot building to house hazardous waste collections and for offices at the city landfill.
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