A renewable energy power plant that eats old tires, high-sulfur coal, animal waste and other “biomass” feed stocks to generate electricity is set to go online at a California commercial business park.
Envirepel Energy, Inc. (EEI) expects its Kittyhawk Project to be up and running by the middle of next month.
The 2.5 megawatt facility gleans additional bio-fuel production from recovered water and CO2. It sets the stage for additional environmentally friendly sites to be developed and financed, according to Anthony J. Arand, the company’s founder, chairman and CEO.
“By ensuring that the facility doesn’t give off any significant amounts of pollution, EEI has shown that we can obtain very difficult permits where others cannot,” Arand says.
“I’m very happy to announce that we plan to have our team back to work by the middle of next month, so that we can complete commercial operations of the power plant and the initial bio-fuel production by the fourth quarter of this year. If our CO2 recovery and bio-fuel production technology is successful, then potentially 5 percent or more of the nation’s energy needs could be produced with our process from our country’s post-recycled landfill waste supply,” adds Arand.
The California Public Utilities Commission has called EEI “the answer” the Golden State’s need for clean renewable energy. “EEI would also help to satisfy Governor (Arnold) Schwarzenegger’s mandate that renewable energy comprise 20 percent of the electrical energy portfolios of California’s utility companies by the end of 2010,” Arand asserts.
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