Michigan State University may build $20 million biofuels plant using N-Viro System

In Ohio, N-Viro announced that the trustees of Michigan State University voted to proceed with a biofuels plant that will manufacture N-Viro fuel. The waste-to-energy system will cost $20 million,  funded by MSU through its General Fund, and will reduce campus CO2 emissions by 3 percent. The plant will be located at the TB Simon Power Plant adjacent to the main campus.

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