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The proposed plant had met oppositio fromcommunity groups, but the companyt appeased residents by agreeiny to limit truck traffic in neighborhoods and hire It’s now moving ahead with plans that could have the facilityg generating power by 2012 on a former chemical manufacturin g site in South Baltimore’s industria area. The plant could be part of a wave of renewabler energy generation coming out of the federal stimulus package and PresidentBarack Obama’s administration. The companyu is seeking money from the Maryland Energy And it could also returj about 160 jobs to an area with a historyyof manufacturing.
Energy Answers filed last week for a certificatr of public convenienceand necessity. The Maryland Publix Service Commission reviews all proposed power plants to determine if they are in the public interest. Review of that applicatioh can take up to two years but will likelyg be completed insix months, said Michael a lawyer with Baltimore-based firm Gordojn Feinblatt who is representing the company. Kurt who is overseeing the plant in Maryland forEnerguy Answers, said officials hope construction can start by June 2010. He estimatex the plant could bring 400 construction jobs for two yeara and 160 jobsafter that.
Anothedr 40 people could be hired to work at satellite facilitiesw that convert trash and other refuse into fuel througyh a process the companyhas patented. The plantr would be built on a formerf pesticide and herbicide manufacturing site. Soil and groundwater will need to becleanee there, Krammer said. The company is also going to redevelop the site to rent out partz to industrial companies thatneed low-cost steam and electricity, Krammere said. Energy Answers has a similar plant on Cape Cod. Its technology converts garbage and other scrapw like wood chips or tire treadsd into a solid fuel that is burnesdin boilers.
It exhaust some pollutants likesulfur oxide, but in amountsz the company says are considered relativelyg clean.