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end of an era

Detroit Renewable Energy LLC is closing the long-troubled and odor-emitting trash incinerator in Detroit, switching to lower-cost natural gas to generate energy for producing steam heat for more than 100 buildings from downtown to New Center.Todd Grzech, CEO of Detroit Renewable Energy, said the trash-burning plant will cease operations Wednesday afternoon and about 150 employees who work there will be given layoff notices.
Detroit Renewable Energy will shift all of its existing steam heating to its four-boiler natural gas plant — known as the Beacon plant — adjacent to Ford Field, Grzech said.