Marion City and Waste Not Iowa Promote Plasma Arc Power Plant

Marion city officials and a Marion-centered advocacy group called Waste Not Iowa continue to promote a Florida company's plan to build a plasma-arc power plant in Marion that would turn garbage into steam, according to a report from KCCI.

While those space-age plans remain on the drawing board, the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency has moved forward on a green energy plan for a site northeast of Marion, according to the report. There, the agency will turn garbage into enough electricity to power 1,300 homes.

The plasma arc though would vaporize trash into steam. Waste Not Iowa has been working on the plan for six years now. One of the major obstacles is finding a company that would want to purchase the steam.

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