The president of U.S. EcoGen says it still has three major hurdles to clear before a proposed biomass energy plant can be built in Fort Meade, but that he remains very confident the plan will come to fruition perhaps as early as this spring.

Bill Quinn said last week that the project, which would convert eucalyptus wood into electricity, is still very much on target to happen, even though company officials said originally they hoped to break ground on the plant north of Fort Meade last April.