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6/Star News/Saturday,December 21,2013 • Visit us On the web at WwW:erstarI ews.com communi y ;Garbage plant to hire eight 1 •NOW hires Will fuel the power plant. mately 4,000 jobs in each bring total number Since then,he said they study year (direct, inch- of'ohs at plant to 47 have contracted for more rect and induced). 1 P garbage with the support • Generated more than by Joni Astrup 'of Sherburne and Anoka $3 billion sn economic Associate Editor, haulers and also with impact over the three- Great River Energy is the support of Hennepin year study period. i hiring eight people at its County. Today, the plant • Provided more than garbage processing plant is approaching being at $239 million; in local, in Elk River, as it has about 95 percent of its state and faileral taxes ramped up operations in full load goal. It is on over the three-Year'study recent years. track to j process' about period. The full-time positions 280,000 tons of trash in "As-a power supplier to will be open through Dec. 2013. from Sherburne, 28 electric cooperatives in 27.Details are available at Anoka and Hennepin Minnesota, serving more www.greatriverenergycom. counties. Approximately than 1.7 million people,we - The new 'hires will 300,000 tons a year needs knew our operations like- bring the ;total num to be processed to keep ly had a strong economic her-of employees at the the power plant full, impact to our region, but plant to 47, according Steinbeck said. we wanted to quantify to Tim Steinbeck, Elk "Our short-term goal is the extent of that impact," 1 River Resource Recovery to fuel our power plant, said David Saggah, GRE Project managers and we're near meeting president and CEO. The plant processes gar- that goal,"he said. GRE's corporate head- bags into a fuel that is The power plant,located quarters are in Maple burned to produce elec- at 17M5 Highway l0,pro- Grove and outpost facili- tricity•at GRE's power duces enough electricity ties are located through- plant in Elk River. to power 25,000 homes. out the state. The mop- ' , ORE has been burning erative owns. 12 power I processed garbage from Economic impact plants in Minnesota and the'Elk River•plant for In another GRE employ- North Dakota,along with more than 20 years. GRE went-related matter, a 4,500 miles of electric purchased the processing University of Minnesota transmission}lines in both plant at 10700 165th Ave. Duluth study has found states. from RRTin.2010. . that GRE's core opera- Seethe study at great- At the time of the pun tions provide an eco- riverenergycom/ivorkwi- chase, Steinbeck said the nonuc boost to commu- 'thus, where companies amount.of garbage com.' nities where the electric Can also submit infor- ing into the .processing cooperative operates. The nation on supplies or 1 plant was only about half results show that GRE: services they offer that 'I of what was needed to • Supported approxi- GRE may be able to use. j • 129