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...