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Casey Jump loads the Peterson wood recycler with slash. The chips are used in the company’s cogeneration plant, which, in addition to providing heat for the mill, also provides about 2.5 megawatts of electricity back to the grid. (Chris Peterson photo)

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Slash generates electricity; heats Stoltze mill
November 16, 2021 midnight

Slash generates electricity; heats Stoltze mill

A massive, but surprisingly quiet machine recently was working in the woods in the Crystal-Cedar area, grinding up a huge slash pile into wood chips.