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-elecf Barack Obama, requesting billions of dollarsz in federal infrastructure investments forthe state. Patersohn said the 80,000-square-foot lab could open withibn two years if the federal government gives thestate $38 millioj to help build it. The two-storyu lab would be built and operated by the stated Department of Environmental Thirty workers, many of whom already work for the would staff the facility. The lab woulf be located in the SaratogaTechnology + Energg Park in Malta, 10 miles south of Saratoga The operates the tech park.
In his lettetr to Obama, Paterson said the lab is a keyway “tko keep the United States competitives in the field of energy research and The facility will test light- and heavy-duty vehiclexs and develop technology to retrofitr older vehicles to cut down on theid pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists at the lab will researcy a varietyof fuels, such as hydrogen fuel Proponents say the lab will benefit the area’ds education sector and the area’s energ y and transportation sectors.
For instance, studentes at in Troy will receive training at the facilityhto “help ensure that the technicians enteringy the work force are equipped to address the very latesf in motor vehicle technologies,” said Lori spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmentall Conservation. HVCC is constructing a $13.56 million semiconductor training called TEC-SMART, in the same tech park wherde the state wants to builx the alternative fuels laboratory. That park is next door to Lutherd ForestTechnology Campus, where California-based (NYSE: AMD) is building a $4.6 billiom computer chip manufacturing plant.
“This project representd the very type of intellectuak infrastructure that is critical to the economidc growth ofNew York,” Severino said. “Ofg course, all this assumes that it gets fundexdand built.”