renewaFUEL to build and operate a biomass facility that will produce renewable energy cubes for FirstEnergy

(15/04/2009)

renewaFUEL, LLC, a subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., has entered into a memorandum of understanding with FirstEnergy Generation Corp., an affiliate of FirstEnergy Corp., under which renewaFUEL will design, build and operate a biomass facility that will produce renewable energy cubes for FirstEnergy’s R.E. Burger Plant.

The renewable energy cubes, when burned to produce electricity, result in a carbon neutral solution compared with burning fossil fuels such as thermal coal, natural gas or oil. The Burger Plant currently burns approximately 800,000 tons of thermal coal annually.

The R.E. Burger Plant, which is located in Belmont County, Ohio, employs 95 people. FirstEnergy Generation expects to use renewaFUEL’s products in the plant’s electricity generation process. Using renewaFUEL product in place of this coal would have the potential to eliminate 1.3 million tons of greenhouse gases per year, or the equivalent of removing an estimated 270,000 cars from the road.

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