Heralded BioTown Project a Shadow of Its Goal
March 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments, Algae-Wastewater-Treatment
The tiny town of Reynolds had big plans when Gov. Mitch Daniels touted it in 2005 as the location of BioTown USA, the state’s first project to make a community produce enough energy to become self-sufficient.
But progress has been slow in the five years since in the town about 25 miles north of Lafayette. A $2.7 million greenhouse featuring rotating wheels covered with algae serves as the wastewater treatment facility and is the most visible sign of progress toward the BioTown goal. But the excitement that surrounded Daniels’ 2005 launch of the effort has died down as several other proposed projects dried up.
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