June 4, 2024--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Babcock & Wilcox (NYSE:BW) (B&W) (Akron, Ohio) will help Michigan avoid some 550,000 tons of CO2 annually by converting a former coal-powered plant to run on biomass.

B&W said Monday it was granted a limited notice to proceed from NorthStar Clean Energy to start the work necessary to convert a former coal-fired powered plant in Filer City, Michigan, to run on biomass.