Lakeview
— A biomass energy project appears to be coming to
fruition at the Collins Company’s Fremont sawmill. DG
Energy of San Diego is negotiating with Collins to lease land
for the plant — up to 22 MW in size — which the
energy developer will fund and operate. Electricity, generated
from forest products too small or irregular to be used for
timber, would be sold to Pacific Power and potentially south
into California. DG CEO Steve Muller says he expects agreements
to be hammered out by mid-2006 on the $20 million to $30
million project. “There’s nothing that I see that
will create problems with funding and stop us from
proceeding,” Muller says.
