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Springfield activists urge Supreme Judicial Court to hear appeal over biomass plan

Palmer Paving Corporation
Palmer Paving Corp. at 1000 Page Blvd. in Springfield. In May, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled in favor of  Palmer Renewable Energy’s attempt to revive its biomass plant using permits that expired over a decade ago. The plant was originally proposed as a 35-megawatt biomass facility. (Douglas Hook / The Republican, File)Douglas Hook

SPRINGFIELD — Advocates who have been fighting a proposed wood-burning biomass plant are urging the state’s Supreme Judicial Court to take up the case and finally put an end to the 15-year battle.

The Palmer Renewable Energy proposal has been shot down by some courts and city boards and restored by others so many times it is now being called the zombie project — and the licenses that allowed it “frankenpermits.”

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