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On Campus: UW Regents approve most expensive project in UW-Madison history

The UW Board of Regents approved the most expensive single building project in UW-Madison history Friday: the $245 million rebuild of the Charter Street power plant. The university needs to bring the plant into compliance with the Clean Air Act under a 2007 court agreement. The project will replace coal-fired boilers with new natural gas boilers and a boiler that runs on fuel derived from wood and agricultural waste, or biomass.