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Former Anamet factory in the South End of Waterbury was proposed as a site for a trash-to-energy plant.

Former Anamet factory in the South End of Waterbury was proposed as a site for a trash-to-energy plant.

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Company pulls plug on Conn. power plant

Updated: Wednesday, 08 Jul 2009, 11:43 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 08 Jul 2009, 8:13 AM EDT

    A Massachusetts company says it is no longer interested in building a garbage-to-energy power plant in Waterbury.

    Chestnut Hill BioEnergy has terminated its contract to buy a former Waterbury factory to convert it into the power plant.

    Chestnut Hill planned to build a plant that would take in 625 tons of food waste a day and convert it into methane gas and burn the methane to generate electricity. The 12-megawatt power plant would have employed 40 to 50 people.

    The mayor is among those opposing the plant.

    Chestnut Hill still plans to build the plant somewhere in the state.

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    Information from: Republican-American

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