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Shutdown of Benson, Minn., biomass plant, leaves suppliers in lurch
John Reinan, Star Tribune
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Randy Tersteeg, left, and Jesus Bazaldua stood in the North American Fertilizer warehouse that once held ash fertilizer from biomass maker Fibrominn.
BENSON, MINN. – In the fields outside this western Minnesota city is a conveyor belt to nowhere.
Twenty feet off the ground, it ends abruptly, dangling in midair where it used to connect to a giant power plant.
Dozens of Minnesota businesspeople say they ve met the same fate as that conveyor belt cut off and left dangling by the Legislature, which urged them to invest in a cutting-edge biomass energy operation here, then pulled the plug on the Fibrominn plant halfway through what was supposed to be a 22-year commitment. ....

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