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Green Renewable, Inc. May Become A Clean Energy Distribution Center

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release from Green Renewable, Inc.
Green Renewable, Inc., located in Berlin, announced recently that the Capital Region Economic Development Council (CREDC) has endorsed its Biomass Industrial Park and Clean Energy Distribution Center as a priority project to be considered for State funding. This project will help Green Renewable utilize bio-mass harvested from New York’s forests to manufacture and distribute a variety of agribusiness and renewable energy products, including fuel chips, kiln-dried firewood, landscape products and livestock bedding.
[private]“We’re thrilled that the regional council has endorsed this important project,” said Sean Gallivan, President, Green Renewable, Inc. “The proposed clean energy facility will create much needed jobs and increase the quality of life for our residents while helping to position this region, the epicenter of Tech Valley, as a leader in the green, renewable market,” said Gallivan.
Approximately 35 high paying jobs would be created as a result of this project. It includes the installation of two 275 kilowatt micro-steam turbine generators, a public compressed natural gas alternative fuel filling station and product packing equipment and other infrastructure upgrades. The project site boasts 84,000 square feet of available industrial space on a 54 acre campus.  Additionally, the Biomass Industrial Park will generate about $3.5 million in revenue.
“All facets of the project are at the end of the pipeline, and the State funding would provide critical support to leverage bank financing as well as the utilization of Green Renewable’s existing infrastructure, which already includes a biomass gasifier and high pressure boilers,” said Gallivan.
CREDC is one of ten Regional Economic Development Councils (REDCs) created by Governor Andrew Cuomo to reinvigorate economic development and improve the overall business climate statewide.  Each regional council was tasked with determining which projects would be part of their economic strategy to transform their regions and improve the economy for all New Yorkers.  This is the second round of Governor Cuomo’s Regional Council initiative in which regions are competing for more than $760 million in State resources to implement strategic plans and advance priority projects.[/private]