Anaergia Inc. (2018, November 14). Anaergia Celebrates Opening Of California CHP System. Retrieved November 17, 2018, from http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/15750/anaergia-celebrates-opening-of-california-chp-system
Anaergia Inc. officially opened its combined-heat-and-power (CHP) system at the Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility (HARRF) in Escondido, California. This system generates renewable power for the facility using the gas produced by the anaerobic digesters, which are an integral part of the wastewater treatment process. The facility is being celebrated for the implementation of the system, as its use of renewable, clean energy is beneficial to both the local community and the environment.
Given that wastewater treatment is a necessary process for any city, it is important to continuously improve wastewater treatment plants. It is great that this facility is now completely self-sufficient on clean, renewable energy. Since the facility is using the biogas and sludge that are natural byproducts of the wastewater treatment process to fuel itself, the facility could be considered zero-waste. This self-contained system is efficient, reduces costs, and is environmentally friendly, and should be applied to wastewater treatment plants everywhere.
Other big companies that produce gas should also consider using this. Not only is it overall cheaper for them, but it also provides a much better alternative for the environment than what they are currently doing. I hope to see more of this in the future as it will definitely reduce the amount of harmful things going into the atmosphere.
I agree that making use of gases, especially as a fuel source, is something to seriously consider moving forwards. I really don’t see any downside, except maybe disrupting the fossil fuel industry and the cost, but I feel like those are necessary sacrifices.