The Haines Borough Planning Commission gave the go-ahead for a new biomass boiler near Takshanuk Watershed Council’s Starvin’ Marvin Garden.
Public facilities director Brad Ryan asked for approval at a July 13 meeting, before Wisewood Energy of Portland, Ore. creates conceptual designs.
Ryan said the boiler will “displace about 80,000 gallons of fuel oil,” providing heat to Haines School and pool, the borough administrative building and the public library.
About a 20-foot-tall building would house…