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PowAIR Sail installs wind turbines at Carousel Center

by Eric Reinhardt

PowAIR Sail, Inc., a Syracuse-based manufacturer specializing in vertical-wind turbines for the residential and commercial markets, says it has installed three units on the roof of the Carousel Center.


Novomer locks up $18M in federal funding

by Kevin Tampone

 

Novomer, Inc. is one of six companies that will share in $106 million in funding from the economic stimulus act to develop ways to convert captured carbon dioxide into useful products.

The company, a Cornell University spinoff, will get $18.4 million. Novomer is developing plastics created from renewable sources that can be used to produce everything from containers to coatings and laminates.


Ethanol production restarts at Sunoco plant

by Kevin Tampone

 

Sunoco, Inc. has restarted the former Northeast Biofuels plant, and the company says ethanol production could be a big part of its future.
Sunoco bought the plant in a bankruptcy auction last year for $8.5 million. Northeast Biofuels, LP filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2009.

The plant, located at the former Miller brewery in Volney, can produce 100 million gallons of ethanol a year when operating at full capacity. That's enough to supply about one-quarter of Sunoco's ethanol needs.


National Grid, NYSERDA to help hospitals cut energy costs

by Eric Reinhardt

 

National Grid and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today launched a program to help the utility's hospital customers reduce their energy costs.

National Grid and NYSERDA announced the $10 million program at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University.


Five companies win commercialization grants

by Kevin Tampone

 

Five area companies received more than $246,000 to help commercialize new green and clean technologies.
The grants are the latest round in the Commercialization Assistance Program, which provides funding for projects that commercialize new products and services in the fields of indoor environmental quality, water resources, and clean and renewable energy.


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