2011 Renewable Energy Workshop- November 10, Wooster, Ohio: The workshop will offer opportunities to discuss and discover the latest sustainable practices and technology. quasar's V.P. of Engineering, Clemens Halene, will be presenting an industry prospective on anaerobic digestion.
Haviland, Ohio MIXED ORGANICS DIGESTER
In late 2010, the Ohio Department of Development awarded $10 million in grants to 11 projects that planned to use anaerobic digestion to convert feedstocks — such as municipal solid wastes, food and farm wastes and other biomass or waste materials — into electricity, heat, fuel and other biobased products. The program was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s State Energy Program. The grant recipients included Haviland Co., which was awarded $1 million to own and operate an anaerobic digester in Paulding County. Construction of the $3.5 million digester got under way this past summer. It will process about 120 tons/day of mixed organic waste streams, says quasarenergy group, which is building and will own the facility in collaboration with a local company. Energy from the 1 MW plant will be sold to the neighboring Haviland Plastic Products Company. Start-up is projected for late 2011.
