Brungy, CPD won't make cheaper power and requires severe tax breaks. The reason their power will be more expensive is because smaller turbines are not as efficient as larger turbines.
Efficiency = Power out / Power in
Laidlaw offers more incentives for the local/state governments than CPD does (more jobs both direct and indirect, more tax revenue, cheaper energy). This is why Laidlaw will succeed and CPD will not. The location will not have any effect on the permitting process because Biomass plants are clean and their primary emission is CO2, which is then used by plants. If you are against putting CO2 into the atmosphere, then stop breathing, because that is exactly what comes out of your respiratory system while you are breathing.
Matthew