L'ANSE, MI-- The owner of a Michigan power plant is seeking permission to burn a different type of fuel that the state considers renewable.
The Mining Journal reports that Convergen Energy is seeking a long-term permit to use engineered fuel pellets at the Warden Power Plant in L'Anse. A permit from the Department of Environmental Quality has allowed the fuel pellets to be test-burned at the plant for the past year.
Convergen CEO Ted Hansen says the pellets are made of paper and plastic waste.
Community group Friends of the Land of Keweenaw has raised concerns about the gases produced by the plant.
Hansen says testing results show the new fuel will meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's air quality standards.
A public hearing on the issue will be held Jan. 23.
