Not really about jobs, and not about feeding electricity into the grid:
the new biomass plant near Dublin, GA is about saving that company money on electricity: but at what cost to the state and to local residents?
Mike Stucka wrote for Macon.com 6 December 2012,
Deal announces $95 million biomass power plant for Laurens County,
A new biomass power plant announced Thursday is expected to bring
hundreds of related jobs and a direct $95 million investment.A statement from the office of Gov. Nathan Deal said the plant
itself will bring 35 permanent jobs to Laurens County.
Compare 35 permanent jobs for $95 million to
MAGE SOLAR’s 350 jobs for $30 million.
That’s about $2,700,000 per job for this deal,
vs. $85,714 per job for MAGE SOLAR.
Which would make MAGE SOLAR’s facility more than 30 times more effective
at producing permanent jobs.
OK, but what’s this one supposed to do?