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Logan Airport is planning to purchase enough renewable energy credits to offset the power used for the Massachusetts Port Authority's offices, heating plants, and some non-public garages by the end of 2009 at a cost of $300,000 a year. That amounts to 15 percent of the energy used by Massport, and is two years early for meeting a goal set for public agencies by Governor Deval Patrick.

In addition, Massport - which also runs the seaport - plans to hire a consultant to develop a broader energy strategy. That could include more conservation and entail spending millions more on renewable energy credits for the authority's many public garages, airport terminals, and roadways, said Thomas J. Kinton Jr., director of Logan and chief executive of Massport.

Kinton stopped short of committing to spend the millions it would take to make the airport completely carbon-neutral. Because the expense would ultimately be passed on to airlines through higher fees, such a goal would require further analysis to determine whether it would make good business sense, he said.

Read the full article in the Boston Globe.