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Friday, May 04, 2012  NMU hopes to save over $300,000 a year on energy costs with the new Ripley Heating Plant

Monday, February 13, 2012  Richmond-based Recast Energy is interested in buying the plant and converting it to a woody biomass plant

Thursday, July 14, 2011  Northern Michigan University's Board of Trustees approved a biomass plant that would provide a majority of heating and energy

Wednesday, December 15, 2010  The City of Escanaba was not able to come to an agreement on the sale of the 50-year-old power plant

Friday, November 13, 2009  Construction and renovation at the facility in Telkite Technology Park will take about nine months.