Monday, December 24, 2012

By MARY ESCH,
 Associated Press Updated 11:39 am, Sunday, December 23, 2012


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Energy from willows is moving out of the experimental stage and into commercial production in New York.
Farms are growing willow shrubs and selling them to a utility, a nursery sells them commercially and plans are being made for refineries.

"The industry has a lot of potential," said Robert McDonagh, owner of Celtic Energy Farm in Cape Vincent on Lake Ontario, which was formed by a group of investors a few years ago to grow shrub willow in northern New York as a renewable energy source.


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