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<title>Biomass deal a step in taking the corn out of ethanol</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21294/20130121/biomass-deal-a-step-in-taking-the-corn-out-of-ethanol</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 21, 2013) Sweetwater Energy, based in Rochester, has made their second $100-million biomass deal in as many months. It&apos;s a step in replacing corn in ethanol production, and they&apos;re setting their sights on comparable deals every month over the next two years. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21294/20130121/biomass-deal-a-step-in-taking-the-corn-out-of-ethanol">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Massena pellet mill at the forefront of renewable energy industry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 11, 2012) This week, North Country Public Radio has been taking another look at how renewable and local energy might reshape the region&apos;s economy.State and local leaders are making big investments in everything from hydro to biomass.  And more and more families and businesses are slowly converting away from fossil fuels, adding solar panels or small wind turbines. But big hurdles remain.  Start-up costs for green energy technology are steep.  Government incentives can be confusing.  Many consumers are sticking with natural gas and oil, at least for the time being.One of the men on the front line of this turbulent energy revolution is Pat Curran.  He opened Curran Renewable Energy in Massena three years ago with $11 million in support from the St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency. He makes burnable wood pellets, supplying some big institutions, including Clarkson University in Potsdam and the Wild Center in Tupper Lake.Wood pellets are cheaper than fuel oil and much better for the environment.  But Curran has struggled to find enough customers to keep his plant operating.  Jasmine Wallace has our profile. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20122/20120711/massena-pellet-mill-at-the-forefront-of-renewable-energy-industry">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Idled Fort Drum coal plant to have greener reopening</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 21, 2012) An Albany energy company plans to buy an idled coal plant on Fort Drum and convert it to run on renewable biomass materials. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19537/20120321/idled-fort-drum-coal-plant-to-have-greener-reopening">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>The Future of Corn</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 16, 2010) You might think you know corn - as in corn tortillas, corn-flakes, corn-bread and so on. But do you really know corn? Like, did you know that our last harvest could be one of our biggest, or that most American corn is genetically modified? Shawn Allee reports experts want us to get re-acquainted with our biggest crop because we need to make huge decisions about its future. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15238/20100216/the-future-of-corn">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Ag department giving dairy farmers money for methane</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 23, 2009) The US Department of Agriculture is planning to give dairy farmers more money to cut some of their greenhouse gas emissions. Rebecca Williams has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14952/20091223/ag-department-giving-dairy-farmers-money-for-methane">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Story 2.0: Making pellets from switchgrass</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 11, 2009) The federal stimulus package and President Obama’s budget provides billions dollars for green energy, including a 6 billion dollar loan guarantee program for renewables and biofuels.  On a much smaller scale, an innovative biofuels project is making headway in the North Country.  In our Story 2.0 series, we catch up with dairy farmer Tom Lee, who&apos;s making pellets from switchgrass grown on marginal farmland. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13142/20090311/story-2-0-making-pellets-from-switchgrass">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Grass pellets: growing the North Country&apos;s own energy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 12, 2008) The price of oil has been going down lately, but people are still worried about heating their homes this winter.  The skyrocketing prices of oil and natural gas are fueling a run on pellet stoves.  A winter’s heat from pellet stoves can cost half of that from an oil furnace.  Dealers across the North Country report they can’t keep up with demand.  The pellets themselves are made from wood scraps at factories across North America.  But alternative energy and agricultural leaders believe high prices are hastening the day when pellets are made from grass.  And they hope that grass will be grown right here in the North Country.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/11863/20080812/grass-pellets-growing-the-north-country-apos-s-own-energy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Preview: 13th annual Sustainable Energy Fair</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 22, 2008) NCPR is media sponsor for the 13th annual North Country Sustainable Energy Fair at SUNY Canton this weekend.  The fair includes more than 50 workshops, panels and demonstrations from alternative energy to zero carbon houses.  Todd Moe talks with Patricia Greene of Community Energy Services, one of the organizers of the event. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/11306/20080422/preview-13th-annual-sustainable-energy-fair">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Task force questions Bion plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 11, 2008) A St. Lawrence County Task Force met Tuesday night to look into a proposal for an 84,000 beef cattle feedlot and ethanol plant.  Bion Environmental Technologies said the combination is the future of agriculture.  And they said they’ve designed a way to make it environmentally friendly. But members of the task force said they’re concerned about the scale of the project and why Bion hasn’t tested their technology on farms with more than 4000 cows.  Kinna Ohman reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/11230/20080411/task-force-questions-bion-plan">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Algae looks good for biodiesel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 30, 2007) As the U.S. looks for ways cut dependence on foreign oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, biofuels are rising toward the top of the mix of alternative fuels. Bio-fuels such as ethanol or bio-diesel burn cleaner than oil-based diesel and are seen as an environmentally-friendly replacement for our 60 billion gallon per year thirst for diesel oil. They’re made from plants, and here’s the rub. There aren&apos;t enough crops or land to produce enough bio-diesel to replace fossil fuel-based diesel. New research is looking at another raw material: algae. Amy Quinton reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/9709/20070730/algae-looks-good-for-biodiesel">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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