Article: NRG Energy Test-Grows Biomass for Use at Big Cajun II Plant in Louisiana.

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has begun a pilot project at the Company's Big Cajun II electrical generating station to evaluate local conditions for growing switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum as renewable biomass fuels. These locally grown grasses will be further tested to determine their capacity to replace a portion of the coal at the plant and reduce its carbon intensity. The Big Cajun II project could lead to commercial-scale projects using biomass fuels to reduce carbon intensity from other coal plants.

Using improved seed varieties and growing techniques provided by Ceres, Inc., a leading developer and marketer of high-yield energy grasses, NRG is planting ...

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