On January 26, 2009, Seneca announced that it is building a $45 million wood-fired power plant that will generate enough electricity to light up 13,000 houses annually. Seneca Sustainable Energy officially broke ground on October 9, 2009. Because pictures are worth a thousand words, here is a photo of our shovel-turning ceremony.
By October 16th, much progress had been made.
November 30, 2009
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March 31, 2010 -- The walls are starting up.
April 8, 2010
April 9, 2010 -- What a difference a day makes!
April 16, 2010 -- View from the Northwest
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July 14, 2010 -- Looking at Fuel Storage Building from East to West
July 14, 2010 -- View from the Northwest
July 21, 2010
July 26, 2010 -- Truck Dump (under construction) July 26, 2010 -- Fuel Storage Building interior
July 26, 2010 -- Foundations for the Boiler in-feed conveyor
July 26, 2010 -- Boiler Tube Installation
June 26, 2010 -- Boiler Tube Installation
June 26, 2010 -- Boiler Tube Installation
July 28, 2010
We'll continue to post photos regularly to keep you up-to-date. For more information, please click on the article links below. If you are interested in more information on renewable energy and biomass, the Oregon Department of Energy has a wealth of information. Additional information about biomass can be found at the Evergreen Magazine website. _____________________________________ Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Salmon license plate
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Project underway in Umpqua Basin
Construction continues on three additional creeks, as part of a multi-phased project to replace a total of seven culverts and open 16.5 miles of streams to fish. This Summer, project partners will eliminate three culverts. Bridges will replace culverts in Buck Fork and Redding Creek. Used rail cars are recycled to serve as the basic structures of these bridges. Crews will install an arch pipe in place of the culvert on Quarry Creek. The Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers leads the project, which has a total cost of about $294,000. The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) allocated $194,900 in revenues from salmon license plates. Two culverts have already been replaced, and the last two will be tackled in 2008. The project area includes several tributaries of the Umpqua River, an important Coho and steelhead production area. Culverts that block fish passage along these streams have been limiting available habitat. One culvert slated for replacement next year lies in Redding Creek on Douglas County-owned land. It will be replaced by an arch pipe on concrete footing. At Weaver Creek, crews will remove a culvert and install a locally manufactured bridge. Seneca Jones Timber Company, which owns the land around Little Tom Folley and Manzanita creeks, replaced a culvert in each of those creeks last year. Today, the new 40-foot bridge at Little Tom Folley Creek and arch pipe in Manzanita Creek allow fish to pass freely. “OWEB funding is the fuel that powers the many fish passage projects implemented by the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers,” said Bob Kinyon, the partnership’s executive director. “These dollars, generated from Oregon license plate sales and lottery funds, pay for culverts, bridges, rip rap, as well as local contracted labor and equipment. It also provides salary and infrastructure support to the watershed council so we can continue this important salmon recovery work,” he added. Project partners include the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers, Seneca Jones Timber Company, Douglas County, OWEB, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Umpqua Fisheries Enhancement Derby, Bureau of Land Management, and landowners. Salmon license plate purchasers pay an extra $30 every two years above regular passenger vehicle registration fees. Half the fee goes directly to fix road-related impacts to salmon and trout streams by improving water quality, fish habitat, and fish passage through OWEB grants. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invests the other half in salmon habitat and related projects in state parks. Since the beginning of the salmon license plate program in 1997, OWEB and OPRD have each received more than $2.5 million. For more information about salmon plates and instructions for purchasing, call OWEB at 503-986-0178 or visit www.salmonplate.org. ###
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