quasar President Mel Kurtz joined representatives from the Battelle Institute and the NASA Glenn Research Center in a discussion of "Biomass to Energy - An Emergy Industry" presented by NorTech on December 14, 2009 from 5:30 - 7:30 at the Great Lakes Science Center Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. View the Presentation
It starts with a choice - as Americans become more aware of the negative environmental impact of landfilling, incinerating and discharging organic waste, municipalities and large food manufacturing companies have begun investigating beneficial use alternatives to disposal.
Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plants - cities across America have been incinerating and landfilling their biomass for centuries. Landfilling and incinerating biomass generates greenhouse gas emissions and odors. At this moment, many large municipal wastewater treatment facilities are facing difficult choices - infrastructure that was put in place in the seventies is beginning to crumble and the cost to rebuild is high. Expensive construction costs will translate to significant increases for rate payers who are becoming increasingly aware of the negative environmental impacts of such practices.
Industrial Food Manufacturing Companies - Large food manufacturing companies are facing new EPA National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations that require complete upgrades to their facilities, increased cost of disposal, or total shut down.
quasar'sC2250 manages municipal biosolids and foodwaste while generating sustainable renewable energy, soil amendments, cleaner air, and cleaner water. Our process generates carbon credits that can be used by city governments and corporations as an economic development tool.
Operating at full capacity using approximately 50% municipal biosolids and FOG (fats, oils and grease), and 50% merchant biomass, a quasarC2250 can generate clean renewable energy (biogas) that can be converted into natural gas, electricity and gasoline (CNG).
