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    From Trees to Electricity: Colorado Springs Utilities Begins Using Woody Biomass to G

    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 06/18/09 -- When you think of utility-scale renewable energy, images of wind turbines or solar panels are probably the first to enter your mind. Terry Meikle has other ideas. He envisions piles of sawdust and woodchips as Colorado Springs' next clean energy source. Living at the foot of Pikes Peak and near hundreds of square miles of aging pine forest, Meikle sees an abundant fuel source. And he has reason to be optimistic about the potential of wood. Since 2006, he's lead the effort to research and test woody biomass successfully as a power

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