Evergreen Pulp selected by state for biomass-to-gas project (CA)

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Evergreen Pulp Inc. announced Friday that it and Arizona-based Diversified Energy Corp. have been selected by the state for a $500,000, 36-month renewable energy project that aims to dramatically reduce natural-gas-use residue and natural gas at its Samoa mill.

The Public Interest Energy Research Natural Gas Program, a part of the California Energy Commission, awarded four contracts for research, development and demonstration of technologies to replace natural gas with renewable resources, to four applicants from among a pool of 25.

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Evergreen Pulp’s mill receives 85 percent of its total energy and 95 percent of its electrical energy from renewable biomass sawmill waste.

Evergreen Pulp officials indicated that with the project funding, they hope they can begin down a path toward becoming 100 percent fossil fuel-free.

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