GROVETON — A renewable energy pilot project that would produce hydrogen to generate cheap power for companies on the former Groveton mill site has earned the enthusiastic support of town officials.
Q Hydrogen Solutions of Park City, Utah, would purchase the former Wausau co-generation building from mill site owner Bob Chapman and retrofit the original building and underground pipes for water intake from the Upper Ammonoosuc River.
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