Outside a wood chip storage room, University of Maine Farmington Director of Facilities Jeff McKay, left, explains the process of using wood chips to produce energy to Tom Bissell and others on a tour of the UMF Central Heating Plant on Sunday.
University of Maine Farmington supporters and officials took a tour of the new UMF Central Heating Plant on Sunday.
Doug Dubord, left, and Jon Baker, suppliers of wood chips for the new UMF Central Heating Plant, watch as wood chips move on a conveyor into the biomass boiler behind them at the University of Maine Farmington on Sunday.
University of Maine Farmington President Kathryn Foster addresses a large crowd of supporters during a ceremony celebrating the new UMF Central Heating Plant on Sunday.
Mark Power, second from left, of project developer Trane, led a group on a tour of the new UMF Central Heating Plant in Farmington on Sunday.
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