Renewable oil refinery possibility for ReEnergy’s former Lyonsdale Biomass power plant

In New York state, the Lyonsdale Biomass energy facility will be dismantled this summer and the vacant 46-acre property will be transferred to the Lewis County Industrial Development Agency under the terms of an agreement recently executed by the two parties. Under the terms of the agreement, ReEnergy will continue to work with the Lewis County IDA to market the site and share prospect leads. Because the facility’s future as a biomass power facility was uncertain under New York State’s Clean Energy Standard, ReEnergy had been working with local and state economic development officials and prospective redevelopers to repurpose the site. PV Tech reports there are ongoing discussions with developers to set up a potential renewable oil refinery on the site.