Buffett’s Rocky Mountain to Test Biomass That May Cut Coal Use
- Test of biomass to be blended with fossil fuel due by 1Q 2018
- London-listed Active Energy builds plant for ‘CoalSwitch’ fuel
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Rocky Mountain Power, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will test a new biomass fuel that may reduce the amount of coal being burned by power plants.
The U.S. utility, which is part of Pacificorp, will use a plant in Utah to test a biomass fuel made by Active Energy Group Plc, Paul Murphy, a spokesman for RMP, said by phone. Active Energy’s fuel, called CoalSwitch, is processed from low-grade forestry residue.