I'm interested in hearing from Laidlaw and Clean Power on some answers to some questions and encourage their input as well as input from experts within the biomass field.
1. I have heard that a fluidized bed boiler is very noisy due to significant fan exhaust and that toxins are emitted during use. This is also true of other boilers. What plans do you have to notify residents of these toxins though they may be within State safety limits and what plans do you have to mitigate noise from the boiler and truck traffic? If you have chosen to utilize a fluidized bed boiler why would you do so, and if you are not using a fluidized bed boiler what are your reasons for not using one? Is an alternative design less toxic?
2. Since the closure of the Burgess Mill, tourists and locals are enjoying crystal clear skies. Is there a way to capture all or part of the steam permeating from cooling towers? How much steam do you actually expect to come from these cooling towers? Will this steam have an impact on icing roadways, visibility? If this steam is not utilized for another synergy what happens to this steam?
3. What has been your experience with businesses locating next to biomass facilities. What types of businesses should we expect to locate next to your facility? Can we expect an attractive array of businesses to move next to the Burgess mill site based on your experience among other biomass plants?
4. Do you believe that free enterprise surpasses quality of life?
5. Based on the current complaint Clean Power has against PSNH and all the requests the PUC is seeing for intervenor status do you think this complaint will simply focus on the legality of the complaint or will it in fact become a sounding board for what is in the best interest of the 2025 initiative for the State of New Hampshire evaluating the highest use of its wood supply? If not, how would the PUC effectively analyze the complaint without taking wood supply into consideration?
6. How many regional businesses do you feel may be forced to go out of business if fuel chip price increases?
7. How large of a biomass plant can this area support without starting to effect currently operating wood commodity businesses?
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I have also emailed both Clean Power and Laidlaw in hopes that they will both participate in providing responses to these questions.
ReplyDeleteHave received a contact from Mel Liston of Clean Power in response to my email that Clean Power will be responding to these questions.
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