Florida City opens innovative wastewater to energy Facility

Back in August of last year, I wrote about plans in Sanford, Florida, to open a plant to convert wastewater sludge into renewable green energy http://tinyurl.com/ltg2b5 by utilizing a biomass gassifier.

The plant is now open and the northern Floridia city has signed a 20-year contract with Houston-based MaxWest Environmental Systems to operate the system. The city will pay MaxWest $258,000 a year for the power it produces over the course of the contract.

With an anticipated savings of $9 million over the 20-year contract, more utilities are taking a hard look at this promising technology. MaxWest is working with eight other Florida municipalities to set up similar gasifiers.