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Wood pellets fuel Maine's economy
Friday, February 10, 2012
When the price of heating oil surged a few years ago, Maine residents turned to wood pellets. At the time, the state had just one pellet-producing plant. Today, there are four with plans on the table to build more. Local loggers provide the wood, Mainers manufacture the pellets and unlike foreign oil, the energy these pellets produce fuels Maine's economy through a more than $11 million federal stimulus program.
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