Energy from willows is moving out of the experimental stage
and into commercial production in New York.
Farms are growing willow shrubs and selling them to a
utility, a nursery sells them commercially and plans are being made for
refineries.
"The industry has a lot of potential," said Robert
McDonagh, owner of Celtic Energy Farm in Cape Vincent on Lake Ontario, which
was formed by a group of investors a few years ago to grow shrub willow in
northern New York as a renewable energy source.