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Success Stories

RUS Electric Program Finances Woody Biomass Power

Arthur Gile
Biomass
Electric
Energy
Renewable Energy
Woodville Renewable Energy Woodville, Texas

Biomass RUS Electric Program partnered with borrower, East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ETEC) in order to fund the recently completed Woodville Woody Biomass Project located near Woodville Texas. Woodville is a 49.9 MW carbon neutral renewable energy facility that will burn wood waste from the local area with the best available technology to minimize emissions and particulates. RUS Electric Program provided $151 million of the total cost of the project, which was estimated at $206 million.

Obligation Amount:
$151,000,000
Year(s) of Obligation:
Congressional District:
Texas 36