USC’s Columbia campus spent $20M on biomass power plant, got problems and refund fight
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A nearly $20 million project to generate power for the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus from scrap wood chips is disappointing its backers as the university pursues a refund from the supplier.
* The plant only provided steam on 98 out of 534 days in one two-year period.
