Troy Runge holds what could be America?s energy future in his hands — and it looks a little like dog food. A mix of sawdust bound into pellets, it?s Runge?s latest creation in his lab on the UW-Madison campus. There, he?s been trying different combinations of plant materials, or biomass, as a fuel to replace the coal that burns in the Charter Street power plant about a half-mile away. Runge?s work is part of a broader initiative on campus to develop renewable energy sources.
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