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Greene County is location for company turning wood chips into fuel (05/06/12)

Tuscaloosa-based Westervelt Co. is building a plant in Aliceville in Pickens County that will make wood pellets that will be exported to Europe, where they will be burned at electrical utility plants. And at Westervelt's Moundville sawmill in Hale County, turbines were added last year to produce electricity that is generated from the burning of sawdust and waste wood used to heat the plant's wood-drying kilns. The turbines produce enough electricity to supply the power needs of 3,000 homes a year. Alabama Power Co. has teamed up with Westervelt on that project. (The Tuscaloosa News)

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