Project: Alternative Fuel Production
The focus on alternative energy consists of the following:
- Provide jobs for Cheboygan County
- Bio-fuel support for the proposed Rogers City power plant Pellet plant development using area forest products resources
- Gasification power plant to supply electricity and power to major local businesses
- Development of switch grass acreage to support Bio-fuel plants
- Development of wind power on the I-75 highland and in the Straits
The pellet plant could provide upwards of 40 jobs to include those in the forest products and the transportation business. The gasification plant has a possibility of 20 jobs. Growing switch grass for bio-fuel plants has the potential for many more agricultural jobs.
Support for the Rogers City plant is continuing, pending the issuance of the air quality permit from The State of Michigan. The new plant may take up to 5 years for bio-fuel application, final certification, legal challenges and construction.
Progress is being made on the state moving ahead with the Rogers City power plant.
Project Champion – Bill Elliot
Bill Elliott has a BS in Electrical Engineering and a MS in Mechanical Engineering and
spent 40 years with GM in vehicle design and engineering. He has been a full time resident for
16 years, owns and manages a farm in Mullett Township and is a partner in Rivers Ridge
Subdivision Development on the Cheboygan River.