The Charter Street Heating Plant that serves the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will burn biomass and natural gas instead of coal under a plan announced Friday.
Gov. Jim Doyle, who supported proposals earlier this decade to build coal-fired power plants, announced last summer that the state would stop burning coal at state-owned heating plants in Madison.
“We must move away from our dependence on coal,” Doyle said in a statement. “This new project will help build the biomass market in Wisconsin, keep the money we spend on energy in the local economy and create green jobs in the area.”