Posted: 06.22.2010

The Boldt Co. of Appleton has been selected
by the state to convert a power plant on the University of
Wisconsin-Madison campus from coal-burning to biomass.

The state Department of Administration announced Monday that
Boldt will work alongside British consulting firm AMEC to install
the new biomass boiler at the Charter Street heating plant. The
project is expected to be done by the spring of 2013.

The companies were selected following a competitive bidding
process for the $250 million project. The state is now working on
negotiating a contract with the firms.

Gov. Jim Doyle announced nearly two years ago that the plant
would switch from coal to biomass as part of a settlement of a
lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club claiming that the plant violated
air pollution laws.
 

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