JCIDA unknowingly hires energy consultant to do already completed project

The Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency has hired a Rochester consultant for $7,000 to study how to generate renewable energy at county buildings — but a Clayton company already completed much of that work last year.Continue...

BP Cape Vincent Wind Project ~ Article 10 Closure Letter From The NYS Public Service Commission

BP's Formal Request to Withdraw Article 10 Pre-Application

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ReEnergy to be awarded 20-year contract to supply biomass power to Fort Drum

FORT DRUM — The on-site ReEnergy Black River biomass facility will likely supply power to the post for the next 20 years.
The Army intends to award ReEnergy Holdings LLC the contract to supply the post up to 28 megawatts of power. If finalized, the contract will be the largest renewable energy project taken on by the Army to date.Continue...

Clarkson major recipient of biomass fuel state grants

ALBANY - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that $3 million has been awarded to 18 research institutions, technology developers and biomass-fuel businesses to encourage the growth of high-efficiency, low-emission wood-fired heating equipment.Continue...

Hounsfield appealing court ruling on $160K attorney bill

The Hounsfield Town Council, which has accused a Watertown law firm of billing services and hourly rate increases without consent, unanimously decided Wednesday to appeal a January court ruling that ordered the town to pay a $160,615 legal bill. Continue..

Canadian oil giant could transport crude oil to Gulf Coast via St. Lawrence Seaway if Keystone XL pipeline rejected

By TED BOOKER
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Environmental groups on the U.S. and Canadian sides of the border are keeping an eye on the massive Keystone XL oil pipeline planned from western Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas: If it is not approved by the U.S. government, the Canadian oil giant that crafted the proposal could decide instead to ship its crude oil east through the St. Lawrence Seaway with ocean freighters, looping around the East Coast to get to Gulf Coast refineries.Continue...

Firewood sellers blame Fort Drum biomass plant for lumber shortage

Firewood sellers say they believe a severe timber shortage this winter has been caused partly by loggers supplying wood chips to the Fort Drum biomass facility. But officials at ReEnergy say restrictions on the wood used there shouldn’t affect the firewood supply. Continue....

Waddington could see solar panels up by spring

WADDINGTON – Some of the town’s buildings could be running on solar power by spring. Continue...

Cuomo to soon decide fate of biodiesel law for heating oil

CANTON - Legislation that would require all heating oil sold in the state to contain at least 2 percent biodiesel fuel by July 2015 has reached the desk of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who will decide the bill’s fate by the end of January. Continue...

Downed trees from across Jefferson County could be heading to biomass plant

FORT DRUM — Fallen tree limbs and other debris from recent storms across the north country may get new life as fuel at ReEnergy Holdings LLC’s Black River biomass facility on post.

The company is in discussions with the city of Watertown to pick up its debris, and a meeting will be held next week for the company to talk with highway superintendents across Jefferson County. The company also planned to reach out to St. Lawrence County municipalities to discuss collecting their debris. Continue...