State backs $50M alternative energy lab - The Business Review (Albany):

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Gov. David Paterson announced the lab ina Dec. 29 to president-elecyt Barack Obama, requesting billions of dollar in federal infrastructure investments forthe state. Patersoj said the 80,000-square-foot lab could open withihn two years if the federal government givess thestate $38 million to help buil it. The two-story lab would be builgt and operated by the statre Department ofEnvironmental Conservation. Thirty workers, many of whom already work forthe state, would staff the facility. The lab would be locate d in the SaratogaTechnology + Energy Park in 10 miles south of Saratogs Springs.
The operates the tech In his letterto Obama, Paterso n said the lab is a key way “too keep the United States competitive in the field of energty research and development.” The facility will test light - and heavy-duty vehicles and develop technologuy to retrofit older vehicles to cut down on theidr pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists at the lab will researchu a varietyof fuels, such as hydrogenh fuel cells. Proponents say the lab will benefifthe area’s education sector and the area’x energy and transportation sectors.
For instance, students at in Troy will receivee training at the facilityto “help ensure that the technicians enterinyg the work force are equipped to address the very latest in motoer vehicle technologies,” said Lori Severino, spokeswoman for the statde Department of Environmental Conservation. HVCC is constructingh a $13.5 million semiconductor training center, calle d TEC-SMART, in the same tech park where the statwe wants to build the alternativefuelsx laboratory. That park is next door to Luthefr ForestTechnology Campus, where California-basede (NYSE: AMD) is building a $4.6 billion computer chip manufacturingt plant.
“This project represents the very type of intellectual infrastructure that is critical to the economic growth of New Severino said. “Of course, all this assumew that it gets fundedcand built.”