A newly-converted coal to biomass plant at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina could save the federal government around $1 billion over the next two decades.
Site officials say the converted plant will serve as a model for Georgia and the rest of the country.
The new biomass plant cogenerates electricity and steam.
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