[CPEO-BIF] Northern Ethanol, Niagara Falls, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

NIAGARA FALLS: Low-cost power OK�d for ethanol plant

By Rick Forgione
Niagara Gazette (NY)
May 3, 2008

A major step in helping bring a new ethanol production facility to 
Niagara Falls has been taken, but one final hurdle remains.
New York Power Authority Board of Trustees approved Tuesday the 
allocation of 9,000 kilowatts of hydropower to Northern Ethanol, LLC, a 
Toronto-based company that plans to purchase a 47th Street parcel from 
Praxair for construction of a new ethanol facility, as well as offices, 
a laboratory and a warehouse.

The low-cost hydropower coming from the Niagara Power Project will help 
bolster plans for the facility, which expects to bring in a capital 
investment of $245 million and 105 new jobs.

...

Northern Ethanol still is awaiting ruling on its application for 
acceptance into the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program to obtain tax 
credits in return for environmental cleanup and redevelopment of the 
70-acre parcel. The purchase of the former Praxair property is 
contingent on receiving brownfield status, Northern Ethanol officials 
have said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_123180818.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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