The Haines Borough Assembly has authorized staff to continue pursuing the use of wood pellet heat in borough facilities, and recently approved a $33,000 contract for design of three biomass pellet boilers.
The boilers would be installed in the Chilkat Center, Haines School and sewage treatment plant.
Executive assistant to the manager Darsie Culbeck said the borough decided to use money remaining from an Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) grant to design the boilers. The AEA…
