PLAINFIELD, Conn. (AP)_ Plans have been made for a $60 million power plant in Plainfield that would generate electricity from scrap wood.

Two companies, New Power, based in Norwalk, and Decker Energy, a Florida-based company with offices in Wellesley, Mass., are to outline their joint proposal for the plan to the town's Economic Development Commission next week.

The two companies have created the Plainfield Renewable Energy Group.

Scott Gilmartin, a principal in New Power, said the proposed plant would use a combination of timber and construction wood as its fuel source for producing the energy. The plant would produce 30 megawatts of energy that could be added to the region's power grid.

Gilmartin said wood is an energy source that is plentiful in Connecticut, in forests and from demolition of buildings.

"One-third of the state's solid waste is wood," Gilmartin said.

Gilmartin said the project would provide about 200 union jobs during construction and employ 25-30 people full-time if it becomes operational.